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| Date: | Saturday 30 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1065 |
| MSN: | MP-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gennevilliers - Hauts-de-Seine département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, Durham (takeoff at 23:56 hrs) |
| operation - Gnôme & Rhône works at Gennevilliers |
Hit by flak and crashed into the target.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Dalrymple Anderson RAFVR 68813 (NCO:1265224 : Commission Gazetted Friday 11 July, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Brown RAF 532296 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Norman Hamilton Bowack RAFVR 107922 (NCO:1257434 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 November, 1941) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Thomas Robert Marshall RAFVR 1113585 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Douglas Albert Miner RAFVR 965937 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Nicol RAFVR 966488 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Maurice Stanley Douglas Corker RAFVR 1270316 [Killed]
All lie at the Viroflay New Communal Cemetery, France (48.796213 / 2.178375)
Sources:
France-Crashes 39-45
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
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Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2017 17:56 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 08:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-May-2022 17:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-May-2024 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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