ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48685
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| Date: | Sunday 4 November 1945 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F Fortress Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 168 Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | 9202 |
| MSN: | 8096 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Prestwick, South Ayrshire |
| Warsaw airfield, Poland |
The 168 HT Sqdn RCAF Fortress B-17 struck a tree and crashed whilst flying in the base of low cloud at about 1,000 feet a.m.s.l. on a humanitarian mission near Halle.
The flight had originated in Ottawa, Canada, and was carrying a consignment of penicillin to Warsaw, Poland. Also reported crashed near Münster**
Crew:
Nav. - S/Ldr Alfred Ernest Webster DFC (J/4956) RCAF
Pilot - F/Lt Edward Pattern Harling (J/4331) RCAF
WOp. - F/Lt Norbert David Roche (J/15269) RCAF
Pilot - F/Lt Donald Forest Caldwell (J/11098) RCAF
F/Eng. - Sgt Edwin Erwin Phillips (R/174196) RCAF
Sources:
Air Enthusiast 50
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 6 November 1945, p1**
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RCAF%209202
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1475742
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1475881
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1475555
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1475783
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1475416
Images:
RCAF Fortress 9202
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2008 08:33 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Aug-2011 05:21 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2012 16:40 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2012 11:39 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2013 13:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 16-Jun-2013 10:44 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 15-Sep-2013 21:52 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-May-2016 05:34 | yukonjack | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2017 16:38 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2020 18:57 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Apr-2022 16:04 | tachel | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 16-Apr-2022 21:16 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2022 21:17 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2022 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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