LV833
Halifax III HD-P
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LV833
Halifax III HD-P
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| 24th July 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | 2nd Pilot | |
| F/O R J Walsh DFC | F/S K W Campbell | F/S K B Smith | F/S P J Conway | Sgt R Palmer | Sgt H N Lloyd | F/S M S Whiteley | P/O W D Croft | |
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| Take Off :- 21:22 | Base :- RAF Driffield | Mission :- Stuttgart | ||||||
| Modern overlay view of the target area | ||||||||
| Details :- LV833 crashed 01:45 after colliding with HX243 into a thickly wooded area 1km South West of Plattenhardt, 14km South of Stuttgart. | ||||||||
| 614 aircraft detailed for this mission including 153 Halifax, 4 Halifax were lost including HX243 and LV833 from 466 Squadron. | ||||||||
| F/O Walsh, F/O Croft, F/S Smith and F/S Conway were buried in Bonlanden Cemetery before being re-buried to Durnbach War Cemetery in 1947. | ||||||||
| Sgt Palmer, Sgt Lloyd and F/S Whiteley are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. | ||||||||
| F/S Campbell - PoW number is 445 at Stalag Luft Bankau-Kreulberg. | ||||||||
| Picture of F/S P J Conway and F/S M S Whiteley courtesy of National Archives Australia. | ||||||||
| Picture of P/O W D Croft courtesy of Australian War Memorial. | ||||||||
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