NR179 Halifax III HD-C
back row:-
F/S P J Hogan.
F/S G W Dixon.
front row:-
P/O A P W Shelton. F/S R R Johnson.
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NR179 Halifax III HD-C |
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| 3rd March 1945 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| P/O A P W Shelton | F/S R R Johnson | F/S P J Hogan | F/S G W Dixon | Sgt W E Welsh | F/S G D Laing | F/S V D Bullen | ||
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back row:- F/S P J Hogan. F/S G W Dixon. front row:- P/O A P W Shelton. F/S R R Johnson. |
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| Take Off :- 18:23 | Base :- RAF Driffield | Mission :- Kamen | ||||||
| Details :- On returning to base the airfield lights were extinguished as a German night-fighter from NJG2 was reported to the base, as they went to find an alternative airfield to land at they were attacked by a Ju88 at about 01:10 and crashed near Sutton Upon Derwent, Yorkshire. | ||||||||
| Sgt Welsh is buried at Melcombe Regis Cemetery. | ||||||||
| P/O Shelton, F/S Johnson and F/S Dixon are buried in Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery. | ||||||||
| The Bristol Hercules engines on NR179 were:- Port Outer SS31177M/A461099, Port Inner AC915989N/A384043, Starboard Outer SS31183M/A461105, Starboard Inner SS11768/A378748. | ||||||||
| Picture courtesy of Australian War Memorial. | ||||||||
| The Memorial plaque near the crash site | ||||||||
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