LV956 Halifax III HD-R
  
18th April 1944
                 
Pilot Bomb Aimer Navigator Wireless Operator Flight Engineer Mid Upper Gunner Rear Gunner  
                 
  F/S B W Casey Sgt A Weizman F/S J R Wallace F/S B R Richards Sgt A J Camp F/S W B Lyall F/S J E Swan  
  RAAF P.o.W. RAAF - Evaded RAAF P.o.W. Evaded RAAF RAAF  
           
                 
   
                 
                 
  Take Off :- 21:16   Base :- RAF Leconfield   Mission :- Tergnier  
                 
  Details :- LV956 crashed after being shot down by a night-fighter about 500 metres South of Forges-Les-Eaux (Seine-Maritime).  
                 
  Those who died are buried in Poix-de-la-Somme Churchyard.  
  Sgt Weizman - PoW number is 4064 in camp Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria.  
  F/S Richards - PoW number is 4201 in camp Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria.  
                 
  The engines that were fitted to LV956 are :- Port Outer 3523629/A425905, Port Inner SS21835/A390833, Starboard Inner SS31774/A461696, Starboard Outer SS32668/A470108.  
                 
  group picture kindly donated by F/S W B Lyall's brother Ken  
  picture of Sgt A J Camp kindly donated by Derek Camp  
     
               
               
 

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