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Date: | Wednesday 29 April 1942 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W7663 |
MSN: | EY-F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | Missing - North Sea -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Co. Durham |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Location and cause of downing not known. Took off from RAF Croft, near Darlington, County Durham, with Ostend, Belgium as the target.
Crew
Pilot: 102302 Flying Officer Robert Mark Shattock (RAFVR)- killed
Flt Eng: 567168 Sgt Thomas James Naish (RAF) - killed
Nav: J/5693 Pilot Officer James Bernard Frederick Brown (RCAF) - killed
WOp:1172589 Sgt Robert Walker Watson (RAFVR) - killed
AG: 997954 Sgt Colin Reynolds Campbell (RAFVR) - killed
AG: 614665 Sgt Samuel Knapper Springham (RAF) - killed
Sources:
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http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4875 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Dec-2017 18:07 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
16-Dec-2017 18:08 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Source] |
11-Nov-2018 13:52 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
28-Oct-2019 22:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Apr-2022 05:02 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Damage] |
01-Dec-2023 10:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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