HX243 Halifax III HD-D |
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24th July 1944 | ||||||||
Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
P/O H B Shaw | F/S S H Davies | F/S P J Birt | F/S J H Elder | Sgt R England | F/S A O Beazley | F/S A G Jasper | ||
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Take Off :- 21:15 | Base :- RAF Driffield | Mission :- Stuttgart | ||||||
Modern overlay view of the target area | ||||||||
Details :- HX243 crashed at 01:51 after colliding with LV833 at Bonlanden 6km South South East of Echterdingen. | ||||||||
614 aircraft detailed for this mission including 153 Halifax, 4 Halifax were lost including HX243 and LV833 from 466 Squadron. | ||||||||
All of the crew were buried in Bonlanden Cemetery before being re-buried to Durnbach War Cemetery in 1947. | ||||||||
Photograph of F/S A O Beazley kindly supplied by Kevin Beazley | ||||||||
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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