HX312
Halifax III HD-K
Photo's
kindly donated by Valerie Hills.
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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HX312
Halifax III HD-K
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| 21st January 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| F/S C G Johnston | F/S J E Dobson | F/S L Doust | Sgt L W Wykes | Sgt S Hennan | Sgt J F Morgan | F/S J K Thompson | ||
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| Take Off :- 20:04 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Magdeburg | ||||||
| Details :- HX312 was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed after losing the Port side wing and spiralling vertically down at De Lutte (Overijssel) a village on the Dutch - German border, 4km East South East from Oldenzaal. | ||||||||
| 648 aircraft detailed for the mission with 35 Halifax aircraft being lost. | ||||||||
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| Those of the crew who died are buried in Losser (De Lutte) Roman Catholic Cemetery. | ||||||||
| F/S Dobson - PoW number 1054, he was in camps L6/L4. | ||||||||
| F/S Doust - PoW number 966, he was in camps L6/L4. | ||||||||
| J K Thompson survived the crash trapped in the rear turret but died from his injuries shortly after. | ||||||||
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kindly donated by Valerie Hills. |
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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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