Halifax BB376 B.Mk.II - Bombing - 1943-09-29 to 1943-09-29
Squadron: 419 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1943-09-29
Completion Date: 1943-09-29
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Middleton St George
Take Off Time: 18:18:00
Squadron Code: VR-S
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: North Sea
Crash Specifics: 6 km NW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: 5 Batterie/Marine Flak Abteilung 808
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

419 Moose Squadron (Moosa aswayita), RAF Middleton St George. Halifax B Mk II aircraft BB 376 VR-S was shot down by the Kriegsmarine flak unit 5 Batterie/Marine Flak Abteilung 808 during an operation against targets in Bochum Germany and crashed into the North Sea 6 km NW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, with the loss of the entire crew

Flying Officer John Ritchie Symons (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Edwin Mills Cockin (RCAF), Flying Officer Gordon Edward Donaldson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant William Douglas Miller (RCAF), Sergeant Albert William Chandler (RAFVR), Sergeant David Lucas (RAFVR) and Sergeant William George Morgan (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in action.

The missing have no known grave but all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Unvetted Source Results

Error in opcode: linkgeneral

Unvetted Source Daily Operations

Unvetted Source WRECKSITE - HALIFAX II BB376 AIRCRAFT 1943

General Bomber Command Museum Monthly ORB

General Bomber Command Museum Daily ORB

General RAF Commands