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NR132 Halifax III HD-Z |
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| 4th November 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| P/O C N R Dodgson | F/S H J Tolhurst | F/S E M Ryder | W/O E A McCasker | Sgt F Caffrey | F/S J S McLay | W/O R D Stopher | ||
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| Take Off :- 17:17 | Base :- RAF Driffield | Mission :- Bochum | ||||||
| Modern Overlay view of the target area | ||||||||
| Details :- Shot down near Julich on the outskirts of Cologne on the return from Bochum at approx 20:00. | ||||||||
NR132 exploded with 2 of the crew being blown out of the aircraft, both sustaining bad injuries, W/O McCasker later dying from his wounds. P/O Dodgson was badly injured with 2 broken wrists and a fractured neck, his injuries were only crudely set before he was dispatched to a PoW camp. |
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| Those of the crew who died were buried in Düren New Cemetery before being re-buried in 1949 to Rheinberg War Cemetery. | ||||||||
| P/O Dodgson - PoW number is 13034 in camp 6G. | ||||||||
| Picture of P/O N C R Dodgson kindly donated by Phillip Dodgson. | ||||||||
If you have anything to add or talk about concerning this crew then please contact me on the address below, halifaxlv827@yahoo.co.uk |
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