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HX231
Halifax III HD-B
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| 18th March 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| F/S J E Richards | F/S R S Bray | F/S K M Wilson | W/O G R DeFraine | Sgt D F Wooldridge | F/S N J Lees | F/S J Dansie | ||
| RAAF | RAAF - P.o.W. | RAAF - P.o.W. | RAAF | P.o.W. | RAAF | RAAF | ||
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| Take Off :- 19:08 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Frankfurt | ||||||
| Details :- HX231 was shot down by night-fighter , crashing 1km North of Maxsain. Hptm. Heinz-Martin Hadeball was himself shot-down later during the raid. | ||||||||
| 846 aircraft including 246 Halifax aircraft of which 12 were lost, including HX231, LV827 and LW369 from 466 Squadron. | ||||||||
| Those who died were buried in Maxsain before being re-buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery in 1949. | ||||||||
| F/S Bray - PoW number is 3565 in camps L6/L4. | ||||||||
| F/S Wilson - PoW number is 3280 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
| Sgt Wooldridge - PoW number 3281 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
Pictures
of Sgt Wooldridge and F/S Wilson kindly donated by John Havers. |
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| With thanks for the updated information from Jörg Helbig | ||||||||
If you have anything to add or talk about concerning this crew then please contact me on the address below, halifaxlv827@yahoo.co.uk |
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