Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II HR853,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51832
 
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Date:Wednesday 26 May 1943
Time:02:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:51 Sqn RAF
Registration: HR853
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Maas-Waalkanaal, Malden, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Snaith
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by the 1. & 4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591.

Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: MH-
Takeoff time: 23:53
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. W.P. Davies 657964 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 4
Flight engineer Sgt. W.J. Chambers 1508677 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 5
Navigator Sgt. C.A. Richardson 1585002 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 6
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. J.C. MacPhedran 1116913 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 3
Wo ag Sgt. S. Busby 1138659 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 7
Air gunner Sgt. A. Brown 1860203 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 2
Air gunner F/Sgt. A.C. Worden R/113195 RCAF Uden War Cem 5 I 1

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2370&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
24-May-2018 19:40 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Nov-2018 18:55 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
14-Jun-2022 12:34 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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