Mission: Bomber Support, Radar surveillance & Window duties Ruhr Germany.
Date: 9th December 1944
Unit: No.192 Squadron RAF
Type: Handley Page Halifax III
Serial No: MZ817
Coded: DT-Q
Location: R.A.F. Foulsham, Norfolk
F/O. N Irvine (Pilot)
Sgt. L A Howard.
F/O. J E Nixon
F/O. D E Banks
F/Sgt. J A Martin
F/Sgt. W J McCullough
W/O. B C Laughton
F/Sgt. A C Searle
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off from R.A.F. Foulsham at 1828 hrs for radar surveillance & Window duties sortie over the Ruhr in the evening of 9 December 1944, but crashed almost immediately. No one was seriously hurt.
Date: 9th December 1944
Unit: No.192 Squadron RAF
Type: Handley Page Halifax III
Serial No: MZ817
Coded: DT-Q
Location: R.A.F. Foulsham, Norfolk
F/O. N Irvine (Pilot)
Sgt. L A Howard.
F/O. J E Nixon
F/O. D E Banks
F/Sgt. J A Martin
F/Sgt. W J McCullough
W/O. B C Laughton
F/Sgt. A C Searle
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off from R.A.F. Foulsham at 1828 hrs for radar surveillance & Window duties sortie over the Ruhr in the evening of 9 December 1944, but crashed almost immediately. No one was seriously hurt.
Handley Page Halifax B Mark III, MZ817 'DT-O', of No. 192 Squadron RAF after crash-landing while taking off from Foulsham, Norfolk, 22 mission symbols are visible by the "Pete the Penguin" insignia on the nose. (I.W.M.)
No. 192 Squadron Badge. (I.W.M.) Foulsham, Airfield, C. May 1943. Aerial view of the airfield showing the hangers and the dispersal areas. (Australian War Memorial Photo Ref: P01523069)
Memorial at Foulsham to all Squadrons that flew from the airfield (I.W.M.) (Sue Cooper)