ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52060
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT563 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
The plane crashed under unknown circumstances.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: MP-O
Takeoff time: 21:54
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Leslie Jack Cursley RAF 51291 (NCO:550714 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 April, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederick James Platt RAFVR 969970 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II James Taylor RCAF R/98145 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Thomas Edwards RAFVR 142008 (NCO:1033279 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 April, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Albert Bartram Boyd RAFVR 1376657 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Robert Graham Wright RAF 142491 (NCO:1415815 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 May, 1943) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Rodney Warren MacNeill RCAF R/103992 [Killed]
P/O Wright lies at the Vlieland General Cemetery, Netherlands; others are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2151&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Jul-2015 16:38 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2018 08:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2018 08:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
| 29-Mar-2018 08:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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