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Date: | Sunday 16 July 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 298 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LL129 |
MSN: | 8T-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Larre, Normandy -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tarrant Rushton |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:SOE Operation STATIONER 175, a drop zone at Chatellerault-le-Blanc in France.
Crashed after being shot down by German flak.
W/O James Foxall Crossley RAFVR - Pilot - killed
W/O Joseph Wilfred Romeo Fournier RCAF - Tail Gunner - killed
Sgt Enzo Biagge Grasso RAFVR - Air Bomber - killed
F/O William Edward Linning RCAF - WiOp - killed
F/O Derwood William Smith RCAF - Navigator - killed
Sgt Edward Maurice Cyril Wilkinson RAFVR - Flight Engineer - killed
W/O Crossley, Sgt Grasso, F/O Smith & Sgt Wilkinson buried at Le Mans West Cemetery, France
W/O Fournier & F/O Linning buried at Brettevilesur- Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2137 http://ww2f.com/threads/soe-298-squadron.51983/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Sep-2015 16:05 |
gerard57 |
Added |
08-Jan-2016 14:50 |
JIXN |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
22-Jun-2016 15:42 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
01-Nov-2018 15:49 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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