ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248411
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1944 |
| Time: | 00:04-25 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ713 |
| MSN: | PT-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pas-de-Calais département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:04 hrs for a Crossbow (attack on V-weapon launching sites) operation against Ferfay (Pas-de-Calais).
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
Pilot / F/Lt. D.H. Trickett J/10801 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 244
Flight Engineer / P/O. E.W. Walton 183067 RAF Bergen op Zoom cemetery (the Netherlands); grave 28 B 5
Navigator / F/Lt. R.E. Knight J/9308 RCAF / Etaples Military Cemetery; washed up 10 August
Bomb Aimer / F/O. K. Heron J/25704 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 246
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / P/O. E.W. Monk J/26848 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 247
Mid Upper Gunner / F/Sgt. J.A.W. Sutherland R/189515 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 255
Mid Under Gunner / F/Sgt. H.R. Herbert R/190230 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 254
Rear Gunner / Sgt. N. Cushman R/212615 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 249
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3903A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four for time
Bing Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 May 1944 | MZ502 | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF | 8 | Overpelt, Pelt, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | HX346 | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Broomfield House Farm, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 5 March 1945 | NA190 | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF | 6 | Near RAF Dishforth | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2021 09:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
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