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LW172
Halifax III HD-F
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| 8th April 1945 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| F/O D J Watson | P/O G A Halliday | F/L W A C Patterson DFC | F/O R M Gale | P/O R S King | P/O A J Damm | F/O W G Flynn DFM | ||
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| Take Off :- 19:46 | Base :- RAF Driffield | Mission :- Hamburg | ||||||
| Details :- On returning to base they encountered fog and whilst trying to locate the airfield flew into trees and crashed at 01:15 at Kirkburn Grange Farm, 2 miles West of the airfield. | ||||||||
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| F/O Watson is buried in Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery. | ||||||||
| P/O Halliday is also buried in Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery. | ||||||||
| F/L Patterson is buried in Hexham Cemetery. | ||||||||
| F/O Gale is buried in Roundhay St John Churchyard. | ||||||||
| P/O King is buried in Sutton Road Cemetery, Southend-On-Sea. | ||||||||
| P/O Damm is buried in Dalnottar Cemetery. | ||||||||
| F/O Flynn is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery. | ||||||||
Picture of F/O D J Watson courtesy of Australian War Memorial. |
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| Pictures of F/L Patterson, F/O Gale and P/O King courtesy of Terry Vossen | ||||||||
Picture of P/O A J Damm kindly donated by Graeme Phanco. |
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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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