ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51094
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| Date: | Monday 20 December 1943 |
| Time: | 21:55 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK926 |
| MSN: | MP-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Takeoff at 16:39 for an operation to Frankfurt, Germany.
Hit by Marine Flak on return.
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. C.W. Matthews 1320673 RAF Bergen op Zoom 28 B 5 Washed up pole 13.9 near Petten at 2 Jan 44
Flight engineer Sgt. R.F. Taylor 914436 RAF Runnymede Memorial 166
Navigator F/Sgt. J.A. Lamb 422662 RNzAF Castricum J 3 Washed up Castricum at 6 Jan 44
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. L.F. Gillingham 1336396 RAF Runnymede Memorial 136
Wo ag Sgt. H.C. Cohen 1321547 RAF Runnymede Memorial 145
Air gunner F/Sgt. L.J. Sheean 410014 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 193
Air gunner Sgt. D.S. McClelland R/166291 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 183
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3235&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 January 1942 | L9578 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England |  |
w/o |
| 17 September 1942 | R9365 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rubrouck, département du Nord |  |
w/o |
| 10 August 1943 | LK892 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Aubengue, Wimille, Pas-de-Calais | |
w/o |
| 22 September 1943 | EB253 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Bergfeine, Damme, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Dec-2018 08:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2018 13:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 15:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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