ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265094
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:51 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK648 |
| MSN: | IP-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:21 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and was ditched in the North Sea.
On October 9, fishing vessel E 425 “Christian Muff” of Esbjerg was fishing 7 miles east-northeast of Slugen Nord when a dinghy was spotted. In it were two English flyers that were assessed to have died only recently.
They were Co-Pilot F/Sgt John W. Hallas RAAF and Air Gnr. F/Sgt Robert N. Wallace. The men were laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on October 12.
Bombardier P/O David J. Sinclair rest in Farsund cemetery in Norway.
Pilot F/L Frederick C. Lord, Flt. Engr. Sgt Stanley A. Walter RAF, Navigator F/O Benjamin S. Jones, W/Op Sgt Basil M. O’Hara and Air Gnr. Jean G. de Sieyes have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430098.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1943 | DK251 | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Neufahrn, Egling, Bayern |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jul-2021 09:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Jul-2021 09:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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