ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243764
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ301 |
| MSN: | DY-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:49 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, disappeared over the sea. All seven crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ301
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1942 | W7651 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | near Radewijk, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 3 February 1943 | W7921 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | Brokstreek, Essen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | HX150 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Becklingen, Bergen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 25 June 1944 | MZ753 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Fontaine-l'Étalon, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2020 12:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
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