HX242 Halifax III HD-L |
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2nd June 1944 | ||||||||
Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
F/S K G Coleman | F/S J T Ridgway | F/S O L Tyte | F/S B J Dowling | Sgt J J George | F/S J Oshlack | F/S J E T R Kingham | ||
RAAF | RAAF | RAAF | RAAF | RAAF | RAAF | |||
Take Off :- 22:20 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Railway yards at Trappes | ||||||
Details :- HX242 crashed at Tourville-la-Campagne (Eure) 9km North of Le Neurbourg. | ||||||||
128 aircraft detailed for this mission, including 105 Halifax with the loss of 15 Halifax including HX242 and HX271 from 466 Squadron. | ||||||||
All of the crew are buried in the Communal Cemetery at Tourville-la-Campagne. | ||||||||
Photo of Gravestones from http://www.aerosteles.net/fiche.php?code=tourville-raaf | ||||||||
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