ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 282158
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:42 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW636 |
| MSN: | MP-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.5 mile north-west of RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Halifax LW636: Took off 23:36 hrs for bomb mission Stutgart. 01/03/1944
Four minutes later stalled and spun in 1 mile NW of the airfield.
The aircraft stalled from 600 feet shortly after take off and crashed killing the entire crew.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Leonard Richards RCAF J/19978 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Geoffrey Hamilton Hawkins RAFVR 1604329 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Frank Chester Flitcroft RAFVR 171865 (NCO:1504556 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 March, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Robert Sirluck RCAF J/86913 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Philip Charles Bates RAFVR 1391048 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Rudolph Tipaldi RAFVR 1822669 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Clive Arthur Rye RAAF Aus/423427 [Killed]
Sources:
76 squadron wartime records from The National Archives UK
Accident report from RCAF member's personnel files from RCAF DND Canada Archives
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=LW636
https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york44/lw636.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW636&qand=1944-03-01&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2624065
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 December 1941 | L9615 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | off French Coast |  |
w/o |
| 13 April 1942 | R9487 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 30 July 1943 | ED244 | 76 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Oberndorf, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 28 September 1943 | LK891 | 76 Sqn RAF | 8 | - missing - |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2022 19:32 | tachel | Added |
| 28-Aug-2022 19:36 | tachel | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Sep-2022 11:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Dec-2023 10:58 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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