ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89906
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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1942 |
| Time: | 00:36 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax B Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9365 |
| MSN: | MP-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rubrouck, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham |
Halifax B. Mk.II R9365,("MP-C") 76 Squadron, RAF: Lost on combat operations 17.09.1942. Took off at 20:35 hours the previous evening from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham. Target Frankfurt. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. (Formally posted as "missing" on 05:40 hours on 17.09.1942)
Crew:
RAAF 407890 FO Campbell, A C Captain (Pilot)
RAF Sgt S G White, (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt S A Witchell, (Navigator)
RAAF 407303 Flt Sgt M J Standley, (Air Bomber)
RAF Flt Sgt W N Geddie, (Wireless Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt J R Runnicles, (Wireless Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt A Moffat, (Air Gunner)
R9365 was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 00:36 hours on 17th September 1942 at Rubrouck (Nord), 14 km north west of Hazebrouck, Pas-de-Calais, France. All seven of the crew were killed, and they are buried in the Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Locality Pas de Calais, France. St Omer is a large town 45 km south east of Calais. Longuenesse is a commune on the outskirts of St Omer.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Mil/Mil1942c.htm
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/R93651942-09-17.html
4. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/in-memoriam-those-air-force-pilots-crews-who-died-on-this-day-in-ww2.18267/page-15
5. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/BomberCommandDatabaseSearch/?q=campbell
6. http://www.robresearch.com/uploads/1/4/0/0/14008555/rounding.pdf
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three - Dr Theo E W Boiten.
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 |
| 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 |
| 20 December 1943 | LK926 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2011 09:03 | ThW | Added |
| 25-Mar-2012 12:39 | sneckboy | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2013 16:23 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2015 15:05 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2017 18:03 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2017 18:04 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2017 14:20 | Red Dragon | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 19:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2020 08:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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