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HX294
Halifax III HD-A
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| 28th January 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| S/L A O McCormack | F/S G Walker | P/O J W Tylor | F/S J R Clark | Sgt R Collings | F/S S L Smith | F/S R A Whitfield | ||
| RAAF - P.o.W. | RAAF - P.o.W. | RAAF | RAAF - P.o.W. | P.o.W. | RAAF - P.o.W. | RAAF - P.o.W. | ||
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Left to Right::- S/L A O McCormack, Sgt R Collings, P/O J W Tylor, F/S G Walker, F/S J R Clark, F/S S L Smith, F/S R A Whitfield.  |
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| Take Off :- 00:07 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Berlin | ||||||
| Details :- HX294 was abandoned after the fuel lines froze in the aircraft and came down in the Baltic between the islands of Tasinge and Stryno. | ||||||||
| 677 aircraft including 241 Halifax detailed on the mission, 26 Halifax aircraft were lost including HX233, HX294 and HX345 from 466 Squadron. | ||||||||
| A report of the last flight is available here. | ||||||||
| P/O Tyler is buried in Faaborg New Cemetery. | ||||||||
| S/L McCormack - PoW number is 3373 in camp L3. | ||||||||
| F/S Walker - PoW number is 1086 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
| F/S Clark - PoW number is 979 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
| Sgt Collings - PoW number is 981 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
| F/S Smith - PoW number is 1080 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
| F/S Whitfield - PoW number is 1088 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
| Picture courtesy of Australian War Memorial. | ||||||||
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