Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II L9622, Thursday 15 January 1942
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Date:Thursday 15 January 1942
Time:22:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:10 Sqn RAF
Registration: L9622
MSN: ZA-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:north of Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Leeming
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off from RAF Leeming at 18:12 for Hamburg. Homebound the aircraft crashed at 22:30 and burst into flames 1 mile North of Northallerton Yorkshire.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Murray Stanley Fuller Schneider RCAF (Officer:J/16432) [Injured]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Thomas Cowan RAFVR 1365284 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Herbert Kenneth Taylor RAF 804258 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Michael Von Dadelszen RNZAF NZ/403615 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Calvert Bradley RAFVR 1058655 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Vincent Leslie Brice RCAF J/15860 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Donald Savage RCAF R/55599 [Killed]

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Oct-2017 07:30 Red Dragon Added
24-Dec-2017 12:51 XindelX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative]
25-May-2021 18:44 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source]
28-May-2024 14:33 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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