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Date: | Monday 5 April 1943 |
Time: | 02:31 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DT785 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | a field on the eastern side of Thornaby airfield -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot up in an encounter with a Ju 88 west of Sylt, Germany at 23:19 and later crash landed in a field on the eastern side of Thornaby airfield just short of the runway.
Target: Kiel
Call Sign: ZA-H
Takeoff time: 20:21
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Ronald Charles Williams RAFVR 1377791 (Officer:146333 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Laverick RAFVR 545207
Navigator : Sergeant Joseph Hooson RAFVR 1206791 (Officer:158427 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 November, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Eric John Stone RAFVR 1332888 (Officer:146277 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant R G H Wray RAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant F C Redman RAFVR 914991
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Jack Smith RAFVR 1128922
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york43/dt785.html Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Apr-2018 20:30 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
02-Nov-2018 19:18 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
04-Apr-2024 07:00 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |