R9487 MP-X from 76 Squadron



On 30th March 1942, the crew of Halifax R9487 MP-X from 76 Squadron took off at 1813 hrs from RAF Tain on the North East coast of Scotland to participate in an attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz which was moored at the time in Fættenfjord in Norway.

On arriving in the target area they found 10/10ths low cloud which obscured the landscape below and made it impossible to pin point the target. Their load of bombs were dropped as ordered from around 5,000 feet.

The aircraft and crew returned safely to RAF Tain landing at 0258 hrs on 31st March 1942.


Rank
Name
Force Crew Position Age
Home Town
Fate
F/L WARNER Pilot Returned
Sgt BASSOM 2nd Pilot Returned
F/O COLLINS Navigator Returned
F/Sgt GOOK W/Op Air Gunner Returned
Sgt HERBERT W/Op Air Gunner Returned
Sgt WADDINGTON Tail Gunner Returned
P/O GREENWAY Flight Engineer Returned

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