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Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1942 |
Time: | overnight |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W1049 |
MSN: | TL-V |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse (takeoff at 23:06 hrs) |
Destination airport: | Essen, Germany |
Narrative:Severely damaged by flak over the target area they had to ditch the aircraft off Great Yarmouth Norfolk. The crew were rescued at 13:45 and brought ashore.
Crew
Flt Sgt N W McKenzie
Plt Off Field
Sgt Sandford
Sgt Smith
Sgt Richmond
Flt Sgt Ledger
Sgt Davis
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1049 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Jan-2018 18:25 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
27-Oct-2018 16:12 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
29-Apr-2020 19:36 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
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