DT559
Halifax II HD-J
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DT559
Halifax II HD-J
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| 3rd November 1943 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| F/S F W Smily | F/S A G Harris | F/S C P North | F/S S J Lucas | Sgt D Drury | Sgt N W Dowie | F/S W W Johnston | ||
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| Take Off :- ..:.. | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Training | ||||||
| Details :- DT559 was on a training mission and expolded into the sea off of Flamborough Head whilst engaged in "Air to Sea" firing practice. | ||||||||
| All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. | ||||||||
| Sgt Drury's body was recovered from the sea, identified and then reburied at sea. | ||||||||
| F/S C P North picture courtesy of National Archives Australia. | ||||||||
| Sgt D Drury picture kindly supplied by Pat and Brian Drury. | ||||||||
| F/Sgt W W Jonston picture kindly supplied by Helen Jackson. | ||||||||
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