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Date: | Tuesday 30 December 1941 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L9615 |
MSN: | MP-X |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off French Coast -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Destination airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Narrative:Mission : Brest. Took off from RAF Middleton St. George at 1122 hrs local time. Hit by Flak and crashed in the sea off the French coast.
All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Buenos Aires born Plt Off King had recently survived a Whitley crash while serving with 78 Squadron (Z9213, all crew safe).
Crew:-
Pilot : P/O Douglas Stuart King RCAF J/4824 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt William Ralph Gates RCAF R/59718 [Killed]
Nav : Sgt Peter Davies Randall RAF 567345 [Killed]
B/A : Sgt Stanley Maurice Wilson RAAF Aus/402081 [Killed]
W/Op : Sgt Lawrence Blair RAFVR 955468 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Hubert John Toski RAFVR 1375624 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Frederick Eaton RAFVR 958669 [Killed]
The crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial (GPS 51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 197.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L9615&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2016 18:01 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
24-Dec-2017 12:51 |
XindelX |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
25-May-2021 18:14 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
30-Dec-2021 08:50 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Narrative] |