LV875
Halifax III HD-F
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LV875
Halifax III HD-F
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| 10th April 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| F/S J C Bond | F/S J N Keys | W/O J H Maunder | F/S B L Sheean | Sgt J A White | Sgt D K Messenger | F/S C Y Warren | ||
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| Take Off :- 20:58 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Tergnier | ||||||
| Details :- LV875 was shot down by a night-fighter flown and crashed near Rosieres-en-Santerre (Somme), 15km North West of Roye. | ||||||||
| 157 Halifax aircraft detailed for this mission with the loss of 10 including HX274 and LV875 from 466 Squadron. | ||||||||
| All the crew are buried in Meharicourt Communal Cemetery. | ||||||||
| Apart from W/O Maunder all the crew were involved in a ditching less than a month previous. | ||||||||
| Picture of W/O J H Maunder and F/S B L Sheean courtesy of Australian War Memorial. | ||||||||
| Picture of F/S J C Bond courtesy of National Archives Australia. | ||||||||
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