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Date: | Friday 12 November 1943 |
Time: | 13:15 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 1659 HCU RAF |
Registration: | BB326 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bobbington near RAF Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Halifax BB326: The bomber plane crashed shortly after takeoff from RAF Halfpenny Green in a field in Bobbington. The airplane suffered a mechanical failure. Seven crew members died in the crash, one survived.
Crew:
F/O David Michael BLAIR (132.955) RAFVR A/B - killed
F/Sgt Francis Newton Salisbury FEARNELEY (R/154156) RCAF Nav. - killed
Sgt Godfrey Purdon FULLER (1318951) RAFVR WOp - killed
Sgt Robert Trevor GIBSON (1036711) RAFVR F/Eng. - killed
P/O George Keith PATMAN (J/18941) RCAF Pilot - killed
F/Sgt Keith Douglas ROSS (R/129274) RAFVR A/G - killed
Sgt David SHARP (1566236) RAFVR F/Eng. - killed
P/O T.M. MURDOCK (J/27606) RCAF was thrown clear and was seriously injured.
Sources:
1.http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/
2.https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-131788.html
3.https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2022/01/25/villages-day-of-horror-as-mighty-bomber-came-down/
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jan-2022 07:05 |
gerard57 |
Added |
20-Mar-2022 09:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
20-Mar-2022 10:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |