NP969 Halifax III HD-Q
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NP969 Halifax III HD-Q |
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| 16th January 1945 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| F/O L F B Barrett | F/S H F King | F/S C F White | F/S W T Simpson | Sgt W E C Mount | Sgt J Powell | F/S F W Lee | ||
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| Take Off :- 18:47 | Base :- RAF Driffield | Mission :- Magdeburg | ||||||
| Details :- Attacked by a night-fighter which set the two starboard engines on fire, the Pilot instigated a steep corkscrew evasive manoever but due to the damage the aircraft went into a steep spin and exploded in the air. F/S C F White was blown out of the aircraft to become a P.o.W., the others in the crew were unable to escape. NP969 came down at Olvenstedt, 4 miles N.W. of Magdeburg. | ||||||||
| Those of the crew who died are now buried in the Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery after being initially buried in Olvenstedt, Germany. | ||||||||
| Picture of F/O L F B Barrett kindly donated by James Duff | ||||||||
| Picture of F/S W T Simpson courtesy of National Archives Australia | ||||||||
| Picture of Sgt W E C Mount kindly donated by Bryan Dewar | ||||||||
| Picture of Sgt J Powell kindly donated by Carole Wise | ||||||||
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