ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 253953
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NR121 |
| MSN: | MP-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hohen-Sulzen 10km WSW of Worms -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Shot down over Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Harold Lester Ball RCAF J/93228 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Joseph Faulkner RAFVR 1624993 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer William Brown Mallen RCAF J/38216 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Wilfred James Phillips RCAF J/93349 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Eric Boydell RAFVR 953737 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer John Pennington RCAF J/93611 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Joseph McNeil RCAF R/252422 [Killed]
Sources:
Personnel records from Archives Canada & DND archives Canada
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=nr121&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=nr121&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | DK150 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Düsseldorf-Angermund, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2021 18:05 | tachel | Added |
| 03-May-2023 21:11 | Nepa | Updated |
| 21-Feb-2024 07:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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