LV827
Halifax III HD-S
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LV827
Halifax III HD-S
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| 18th March 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| P/O M D Watson | W/O G E Doggett | F/S E S Newell | Sgt C Roberts | Sgt H G Price | F/O W H Lees | F/O L A Gream | ||
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| Take Off :- 19:18 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Frankfurt | ||||||
| Details :- LV827 collided with a 578 Squadron Halifax LW553 LK-U after leaving the target area and crashed near the village of Wembach. | ||||||||
| 846 aircraft including 246 Halifax aircraft of which 12 were lost, including HX231, LV827 and LW369 from 466 Squadron. | ||||||||
| All the crew are now buried in Durnbach Cemetery after initially being buried in Wembach. | ||||||||
| The Bristol Hercules engines on LV827 were :- Port Outer SS31024/A450946, Port Inner SS14918/A381898, Starboard Inner SS20005/A389003, Starboard Outer SS19353/A388351. | ||||||||
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| The Crash site marked in red | ||||||||
| Picture of P/O M D Watson, F/S E S Newell and F/O W H Lees courtesy of National Archives Australia. | ||||||||
| Picture of F/O L A Gream courtesy of Shane Millar. | ||||||||
| Picture of W/O G E Doggett and Sgt C Roberts courtesy of Carolyn Donohoe. | ||||||||
| Picture of Sgt H G Price courtesy of Jeanette Hargreaves. | ||||||||
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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