Handley Page Halifax III MZ479 Z5-B |
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| One in batch from MZ447 and MZ495 delivered from London Passenger Transport Board, Leavesden between 25/09/1944 to 20/11/1944 | |||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Rear Gunner | Mid Upper Gunner | Flight Engineer | 2nd Pilot | ||
| Delivered new to 462 Squadron | |||||||||
| Air test | P F Whatling | ?? | ?? | ?? | J Whyte | ?? | ?? | ||
| Julich | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | ||
| Munster | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | ||
| Sterkrade | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | ||
| Essen | D M Taylor | A C Lobb | M A Smith | F W Weston | C H Rees | D P Sommerville | C J Reynolds | ||
| Duisburg | F H James | N H Teede | T H McFarlane | J D Fraser | W H Calman | T P Ledwith | S G Rother | ||
| Hagen | B K Drinkwater | T Pawsey | R G Lintorn | R K Johnston | D B Patterson | A E Best | J S Holgate | ||
| Soest | B K Drinkwater | T Pawsey | R G Lintorn | R K Johnston | D B Patterson | A E Best | J S Holgate | ||
| Osnabruck | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | ||
| Essen | B K Drinkwater | T Pawsey | R G Lintorn | R K Johnston | D B Patterson | A E Best | J S Holgate | ||
| Cologne | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | ||
| Special Duties Op | |||||||||
| Nuremburg | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | H P Murray | |
| Heligoland | A E Astill | S J Minett | P Swarbrick | S R Fuller | N O Reed | M G Isaac | G A Sandey | A W Caddy | |
| Ruhr | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | J Whyte | |
| Ruhr | V T Bailey | K S Bannerman | F L Birch | R K Parnell | W A Warman | T Godsall | J W Neale | Murdoch ?? | |
| Mannheim | B K Drinkwater | T Pawsey | R G Lintorn | R K Johnston | D B Patterson | A E Best | J S Holgate | R G Richards | |
| Bonn | J W O'Sullivan | J Williams | J M Smith | R L Mantton | D H McLean | L J Mongan | T A Brown | E N Stevenson | |
| Ruhr | B K Drinkwater | T Pawsey | R G Lintorn | R K Johnston | D B Patterson | R S Courtney | J S Holgate | A B Oakes | |
| Mainz | J E Byrom | W W Maxwell | P A Kelly | O E O'Brien | M J Kavanagh | J Mackie | J L Morton | W Toews | |
| Mannheim | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | P W C Hutton | |
| Mannheim | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | P W C Hutton | |
| Ruhr | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | ????? | M A Hewlett | P W C Hutton | |
| Bonn | B A Simms | R Nicklin | J Carr | A E Morris | K K Kift | A N Buist | M A Hewlett | P W C Hutton | |
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| Belly landed at Hethel after engine fire 07/02/1945 | |||||||||