NP975 Halifax III HD-H
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NP975 Halifax III HD-H |
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| 22nd December 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| F/O R F Feilberg | F/O A Wood | F/O L A Walker | F/O W A R Hanson | Sgt B S Chard | F/S B W Horrocks | F/S C O J Scafe | ||
| RAAF | RAAF - P.o.W. | RAAF - P.o.W. | RAAF - P.o.W. | P.o.W. | RAAF - P.o.W. | RAAF - P.o.W. | ||
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| Take Off :- 15:12 | Base :- RAF Driffield | Mission :- Bingen | ||||||
| Details :- NP975 was attacked by a Ju88-G and caught fire, with the aircraft vibrating badly and on fire the crew were ordered to bale out. The aircraft crashed near Winterspelt, Germany. | ||||||||
| The bomb load for this mission was 1 x 2,000lb HC, 3 x 1,000lb MC and 5 x 500lb MC. | ||||||||
| They also carried 7,400 rounds of .303 ammunition and 1,995 gallons of fuel - enough for 7 - 8 hours of flying. | ||||||||
| F/O Feilberg rests in Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium after being moved from the U.S. Military Cemetery No.1, Foy, Belgium then to the Bure British Military Cemetery. | ||||||||
| F/O Wood - PoW camp was L4b and L3. | ||||||||
| F/O Walker - PoW camp was L3. | ||||||||
| F/O Hanson - PoW camp was L4b. | ||||||||
| Sgt Chard - PoW camp was L1. | ||||||||
| F/S Horrocks - PoW camp was L1. | ||||||||
| F/S Scafe - PoW camp was L4b. | ||||||||
| Picture of F/O R F Feilberg donated by Robynne Mitchell. | ||||||||
| All other's kindly donated by Len Walker's daughter Tiana Adair. | ||||||||
| Picture of F/S C O J Scafe courtesy of Australian War Memorial. | ||||||||
| The crash site of NP975 | ||||||||
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