ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50208
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| Date: | Thursday 31 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15-30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 298 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL343 |
| MSN: | 8A-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea WNW of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tarrant Rushton |
Took of from RAF Tarrant Rushton at 23:59 on SOE operation OSRIC 122 to the Diest area of Belgium, believed shot down over Straights of Dover by flak ship off Dutch coast. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Fg Off William Wallace Brown RCAF - Pilot - (Killed On Active service)
Sgt William Bradley RAFVR - Flight Engineer (Killed On Active service)
F/O Robert Denver MacDuff RNZAF - Navigator - (Killed On Active service)
F/Sgt Frederick Pearson RAFVR - Wireless Op / Gunner - (Killed On Active service)
F/O Francis Sayles DFM - Air Bomber - (Killed On Active service)
F/Sgt John Bonsall Smith RAFVR - Wireless Op / Gunner - (Killed On Active service)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3962&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Aircraft lost on Allied Forces Special Duty Operations
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail-en.php%3Fwtv_id%3D414&prev=search
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jul-2016 10:23 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 10:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2021 15:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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