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Halifax LL112, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL112

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LL 112

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 4.45
Units 520/Mediterranean Allied AirForces
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL113, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL113

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LL 113

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 434/1659Heavy Conversion Unit/1664HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL114, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL114

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LL 114

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, 8.2.44
Unit 138
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-February-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Arthur Edward Reid 2023-09-21

1944-February-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Alvin Taylor 2025-01-14

Halifax LL115, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL115

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LL 115

Merlin XX/22

Flew into wood at Capil Green, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, while breaking cloud on return from ops, 17.12.43
Unit 138
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-December-17 KIA RCAF Sergeant Norman Montague Gillis 2021-09-27

Halifax LL116, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL116

s/n LL122

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1944-July-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Edward Linning 2023-09-12

1944-July-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Derwood William Smith 2023-11-28

Halifax LL130, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL130

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LL 130

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Laon, 24.3.44
Units 76/77
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL131, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL131

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LL 131

Merlin XX/22

Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Wombleton, 27.11.44
Units 76/346/347/1659 Heavy Conversion Unit/1666HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL132, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL132

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LL 132

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 24.11.44
Units 192/1659 Heavy Conversion Unit/1669HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL133, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL133

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LL 133

Merlin XX/22

Destroyed in hangar by Halifax JP128,, Rufforth, 16.11.44
Units 77/1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL134, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL134

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LL 134

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded WL*U. Bombed Magdeburg on 21 January 1944. Failed to return from attack on Berlin, shot down by a night fighter on 28 / 29 January 1944. All POW.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-January-29 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Berlin, shot down by a night fighter. All POW. 2019-08-20

Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-28 to 1944-01-29

434 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Croft

Battle of Berlin

434 Bluenose Squadron (In Excelsis Vincimus) RAF Croft. Halifax BV aircraft LL134 WL-U was attacked by a night fighter 21,000 feet over the target area of Berlin Germany and abandoned by the crew

The entire crew survived the crash

Squadron Leader J E Hockey (RCAF), Flying Officer L C Bannister (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant J Ferguson (RCAF), Warrant Officer S Saprunoff (RCAF), Pilot Officer J Acquier (RAFVR), Pilot Officer G Borrett (RAFVR), Pilot Officer F G Hearsey (RAFVR) and Flying Officer G B Poad (RAFVR) all became Prisoners of War

There were four other 434 Squadron Halifax V aircraft lost on this operation. Please see Halifax aircraft serials EB 256 WL-S, LK 649 WL-X, LK 740 WL-V and LK 916 WL-P for further information on these aircraft and crews

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1944-January-29 PoW RAF Flying Officer John Francis Acquier 2023-12-16

1944-January-29 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Lorne Crosby Bannister 2024-07-14

1944-January-29 PoW RAF Pilot Officer George Borrett 2023-12-16

1944-January-29 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Jock Ferguson 2024-07-14

1944-January-29 PoW RAF Pilot Officer Frederick George Hearsey 2023-12-16

1944-January-29 PoW RCAF Squadron Leader John Eric Hockey 2024-07-14

1944-January-29 PoW RAF Flying Officer George Brian Poad 2023-12-16

1944-January-29 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Stephen Saprunoff 2024-07-14

Halifax LL135, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL135

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LL 135

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded WL*R. Dispatched to Leipzig on 1 December 1943, returned early after engine failure. Failed to return from attack on Berlin, shot down by flak over target, on 20 / 21 January 1944. 5 killed & 2 POW. One of 4 squadron aircraft lost on this mission.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-January-21 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Berlin, shot down by flak. 5 killed & 2 POW. 2019-08-20

1944-January-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Clarence Samuel Brest 2024-10-23

1944-January-20 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Leslie Hubert Doe 2024-10-23

1944-January-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Mike Gnius 2024-10-23

1944-January-20 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Henry Bolton Hill 2024-10-23

1944-January-20 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Mervyn Kipp 2024-10-23

1944-January-20 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Robert Morgan 2024-10-23

1944-January-20 PoW RCAF Flying Officer James Snowsell 2024-10-23

Halifax LL136, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL136

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LL 136

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*E". Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 434/1659 Heavy Conversion Unit/1666HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL137, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL137

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LL 137

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*D". Claimed a twin engined night fighter shot down on 9 April 1944 during raid on Lille. collied with Halifax,JP201 at 18,000 feet over Devon, 15.11.44
Units 434/1664 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-November-15 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Neville Joseph Anderson 2024-11-02

1944-November-15 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Jack Edward Armstrong 2025-01-16

1944-November-15 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Gilbert Louis Oscar Berg 2025-01-16

1944-November-15 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Norman Holmes Boss 2024-11-14

1944-November-15 KIFA RCAF Sergeant John Gamborski 2025-01-16

1944-November-15 KIFA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Leslie Garvie 2025-01-16

1944-November-15 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Gerald Frederick Higgins 2025-01-16

1944-November-15 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Ernest James Pridham 2025-01-16

Halifax LL138, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL138

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LL 138

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Orleans, 23.5.44
Unit 77
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-May-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Alvin Marshall Beatty 2025-01-04

Halifax LL139, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL139

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LL 139

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 427 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded ZL*D. Failed to return from attack on Magdeburg on 21/22 January 1944, attacked by a night fighter and exploded in mid-air. 7 crew were killed and 1 POW.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-January-22 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Magdeburg, shot down by a night fighter. 7 crew were killed and 1 POW. 2019-08-20

Bombing Magdeburg Germany 1944-01-21 to 1944-01-22

427 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Leeming

Battle of Berlin

648 aircraft- 42 I Lancasters, 224 Halifaxes, 3 Mosquitoes - on the first major raid to this target. The German controller again followed the progress of the bomber stream across the North Sea and many night fighters were in the stream before it crossed the German coast. The controller was very slow to identify Magdeburg as the target but this did not matter too much because most of the night fighters were able to stay in the bomber stream, a good example of the way the Tame Boar tactics were developing. 57 aircraft - 35 Halifaxes, 22 Lancasters - were lost, 8Â·8 per cent of the force; it is probable that three quarters of the losses were caused by German night fighters. The Halifax loss rate was 15Â·6 per cent!

The heavy bomber casualties were not rewarded with a successful attack. Some of the Main Force aircraft now had H2S and winds which were stronger than forecast brought some of these into the target area before the Pathfinders' Zero Hour. The crews of 27 Main Force aircraft were anxious to bomb and did so before Zero Hour. The Pathfinders blamed the fires started by this early bombing, together with some very effective German decoy markers, for their failure to concentrate the marking. No details are available from Magdeburg but it is believed that most of the bombing fell outside the city. An R.A.F. man who was in hospital at Magdeburg at the time reports only, 'bangs far away'

source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt

427 Lion Squadron (Ferte Manus Certas) RAF Leeming. Halifax BV aircraft LL 139 ZL-D missing during night operations against Magdeburg, Germany. The aircraft was attacked by a German night fighter while leaving Magdeburg at 19,500 feet. The aircraft was severely damaged and the order to bale out was given at 14,000 feet, but the bomber exploded almost immediately, before most crew members could react. The bomber crashed 3 km east of Unseburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Pilot, Squadron Leader DM Arnott DFC (RCAF), second pilot W/C AN Martin (RCAF), Pilot Officer LWW Jones (RCAF), Pilot Officer LS Gray (RCAF), Pilot Officer RO Nickerson (RCAF), Pilot Officer R Dawson (RAFVR) and Pilot Officer RAN Rondelet (RAF) were all killed in action

Pilot Officer Nickerson was killed in the air and the rest of the crew were found dead in the wreckage.

The bomb aimer Flying Officer WV Thom (RCAF), was blown clear, the only crew member to survive and was taken Prisoner of War

There were four 427 Squadron Halifax V aircraft lost on this operation. Please see Toal, GWC for information on Halifax LK 923 ZL-B, Martin, N for information on Halifax LL 169 ZL-L and Warwick, VM for information on Halifax LL 176 ZL-Q

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General 21/22.01.1944 427 Squadron Halifax III LL139 ZL-D Sqn.Ldr. Arnott, DFC, ...

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1944-January-22 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader Donald Mackenzie Arnot DFC 2024-10-05

1944-January-22 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Raymond Dawson 2024-10-05

1944-January-22 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Leonard Samuel Gray 2024-10-05

1944-January-22 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lloyd William Wesley Jones 2024-10-05

1944-January-22 KIA RCAF Wing Commander Arthur Norman Martin 2024-10-05

1944-January-22 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Roland Otis Nickerson 2024-10-05

1944-January-22 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Reve Achille Nicholas Rondelet 2024-10-05

1944-January-22 PoW RCAF Flying Officer William Victor Thom 2024-10-05

Halifax LL140, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL140

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LL 140

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Berlin, crashed near Schwerin, Germany, 16.2.44
Unit 76
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL141, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL141

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LL 141

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded WL*H. Bombed Frankfurt on 20 December 1943. Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 20/21 January 1944. All were killed.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-January-21 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Berlin. All were killed. 2019-08-20

1944-January-21 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Victor George Baker 2024-11-01

1944-January-21 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Colin Campbell Cassy 2024-12-04

Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-28 to 1944-01-29

431 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Croft

Battle of Berlin

677 aircraft - 432 Lancasters, 241 Halifaxes, 4 Mosquitoes. Part of the German fighter force was drawn up by the early diversions and the bomber approach route over Northern Denmark proved too distant for some of the other German fighters. The German controller was, however, able to concentrate his fighters over the target and many aircraft were shot down there. 46 aircraft - 26 Halifaxes, 20 Lancasters - lost, 6.8 per cent of the force.

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The cloud over Berlin was broken and some ground-marking was possible but the Bomber Command claim that this was the most concentrated attack of this period is not quite fully confirmed by German records. The western and southern districts were hit but so too were 77 places outside the. city. The Berlin recording system was now showing an increasing deterioration. No overall figure for property damage was recorded; approximately 180,000 people were bombed out on this night. Although many industrial firms were again hit, the feature of this night is the unusually high proportion of administrative and public buildings appearing in the lists of buildings hit: the new Chancellery, 4 theatres, the 'French' cathedral, 6 hospitals, 5 embassies, the State Patent Office, etc. The report concludes with this entry: 'The casualties are still not known but they are bound to be considerable. It is reported that a vast amount of wreckage must still be cleared; rescue workers are among the mountains of it.".

source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt, page 468

431 Iroquois Squadron (The hatiten ronterios) RAF Croft. Halifax V aircraft LL 150 SE-N was hit by flak returning an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany and lost the port-inner engine and sustained a fuel leak. The pilot managed to fly back close to the Lincolnshire, England coast where the order to bale was given. Three crew members were lost including pilot, Warrant Officer Class II J T R Corriveau (RCAF), killed in action, whose body was recovered and buried in England

Pilot Officer J D Barrie (RCAF) and Sergeant J P Raymond (RCAF) were missing presumed killed in action. The missing have no known grave and both are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

The remaining four crew members: Flight Sergeant M J Charlebois (RCAF), Pilot Officer R S Cole (RCAF), Pilot Officer S C B Parker (RAFVR) and Pilot Officer G S Webber (RAFVR) all survived and were rescued shortly after baling into the water of the English channel by a of minesweepers: HMS VARANGA, HMS PROSPECT, HMS PROPERTY and HMS PENNYSLADE and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Three other 431 Squadron Halifax V aircraft were lost on this operation. Please see aircraft serials LK 918 SE-F, LK 963 SE-H and LL 181 SE-Q for additional information

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1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Donald Barrie 2024-12-25

1944-January-29 Rescued RCAF Flight Sergeant M J Charlebois 2024-04-25

1944-January-29 Rescued RCAF Pilot Officer Ralph Stewart Cole 2024-04-25

1944-January-29 Rescued RCAF Pilot Officer Ralph Stewart Cole 2023-04-13

1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Thomas Raymond Corriveau 2024-04-25

1944-January-29 Rescued RAFVR Pilot Officer Stanley Charles Brian Parker 2023-12-31

1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Sergeant Jean-Paul Raymond 2024-04-25

1944-January-29 Rescued RAFVR Pilot Officer George Samuel Webber 2023-12-31

Halifax LL151, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL151

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LL 151

Merlin XX/22

Starboard inner engine caught fire while taxiing at Dishforth after landing, 30.10.44
Units 431/1664 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL152, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL152

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LL 152

Merlin XX/22

last update: 2025-April-18

Bombing Amiens France 1944-03-15 to 1944-03-15

(B) Sqn (RCAF) Croft

Battle of Berlin

After attack on rail yards at Amiens on 15/16 March 1944 where 15 French civilians were killed, Halifax Mk.V LL 152, , had a 500 lb bomb load hung up. The bomb dropped and exploded at the end of the runway during landing on the aerodrome at Croft, England. Pilot Officer L.R. Barker and four crew members, not Canadians, were also killed.

1944-March-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lloyd Roger Barker 2024-12-17

1944-March-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Irvine George Klein 2024-12-17

Halifax LL153, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL153

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LL 153

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 431 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded SE*K. Bombed Lille, France on 8/9 April 1944. Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 427/429/431/1667 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL167, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL167

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LL 167

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, !.11.45
Units 427/429/434/1659 Heavy Conversion Unit/1664HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL168, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL168

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LL 168

Merlin XX/22

With No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*M", when it bombed Berlin on 15/16 February 1944. Served with No. 434 Squadron, RCAF, coded WL*S when it bombed Frankfurt on 18/19 March 1944. Attacked by an Fw 190, returned safely to base. Crashed out of control 1/2 mile west of Topcliffe, after power loss while on circuits 31.8.44
Units 427/429/434/431/1659 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-August-31 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer James Brown 2025-03-15

Halifax LL169, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL169

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LL 169

1944-January-22 KIA RAFVR Sergeant James Ivor Jones 2024-04-21

1944-January-22 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Raphael Nicholas Lehman 2021-06-21

1944-January-22 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ian Lloyd MacKeigan 2024-04-22

1944-January-22 KIA RAFVR Sergeant William Thomas Morgan 2024-04-23

1944-January-22 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Charles Patrick Ryan 2024-05-01

1944-January-22 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Vincent Maurice Warwick 2024-05-03

1944-January-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Norman Weir 2024-05-03

Halifax LL177, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL177

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LL 177

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 431/434/1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL178, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL178

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LL 178

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*V", when it bombed Berlin on 15/16 February 1944, and Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944. With No. 434 (B)Squadron, coded "WL*R" when lost on 18 / 19 March 1944. Crashed into bank near Arden Hall, Hawnby, Yorks, possibly after engine fire, on return near Thirsk, Yorkshire after a diversionary mining operation to Heligoland, in support of main raid on Frankfurt. All 8 crew were killed. Aircraft had been holding due to poor weather at base, when it descended into high ground.
Units 427/429/434
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-March-19 Accident Crash Crashed on return near Thirsk after attack on Frankfurt. All were killed. 2019-08-20

1944-March-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Edson Gilroy Armour 2024-11-03

1944-March-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Elmer Ballentine 2024-11-05

1944-March-18 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Walter Cotton 2024-04-30

1944-March-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer David Carson Evans 2022-08-05

1944-March-18 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Geoffrey Hutt 2021-06-27

1944-March-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Donald Edward Jackson 2022-12-31

1944-March-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Simon Sleigher 2021-06-27

1944-March-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Douglas Andrew Thicke 2021-06-27

Halifax LL179, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL179

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LL 179

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded WL*K. Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 20/21 January 1944, shot down by a night fighter. 4 killed & 3 POW.
Units 431/434
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-January-21 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Berlin, shot down by a night fighter. 4 killed & 3 POW. 2019-08-20

1944-January-20 PoW RAF Sergeant Ronald Thomas Cox 2024-08-08

1944-January-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Philip Robert Arthur Dack 2024-08-08

1944-January-20 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Warren Clarence Drumm 2024-10-29

1944-January-20 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Andrew McKenna 2022-04-18

1944-January-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Gordon Charles Mould 2022-04-16

1944-January-20 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Edward Joseph Charles Porter 2022-04-16

1944-January-20 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Albert Mowat Wilson 2024-08-08

Halifax LL180, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL180

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LL 180

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded NA*R. With No. 431 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*F" when it bombed on Berlin 15/16 February 1944. Attacked by a Ju 88, severely damaged. Returned early from mission to Lille, France on 9/10 April 1944, after multiple instrument failures. Bombed Ghent on 10/11 April 1944. Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 431/428/431/434/1667 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL181, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL181

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LL 181

Merlin XX/22

last update: 2025-April-18

1944-January-29 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Berlin. All were killed. 2019-08-20

Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-28 to 1944-01-29

(B) Sqn (RCAF) Croft

Battle of Berlin

677 aircraft - 432 Lancasters, 241 Halifaxes, 4 Mosquitoes. Part of the German fighter force was drawn up by the early diversions and the bomber approach route over Northern Denmark proved too distant for some of the other German fighters. The German controller was, however, able to concentrate his fighters over the target and many aircraft were shot down there. 46 aircraft - 26 Halifaxes, 20 Lancasters - lost, 6Â·8 per cent of the force.

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The cloud over Berlin was broken and some ground-marking was possible but the Bomber Command claim that this was the most concentrated attack of this period is not quite fully confirmed by German records. The western and southern districts were hit but so too were 77 places outside the. city. The Berlin recording system was now showing an increasing deterioration. No overall figure for property damage was recorded; approximately 180,000 people were bombed out on this night. Although many industrial firms were again hit, the feature of this night is the unusually high proportion of administrative and public buildings appearing in the lists of buildings hit: the new Chancellery, 4 theatres, the 'French' cathedral, 6 hospitals, 5 embassies, the State Patent Office, etc. The report concludes with this entry: 'The casualties are still not known but they are bound to be considerable. It is reported that a vast amount of wreckage must still be cleared; rescue workers are among the mountains of it.".

source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt

Halifax V aircraft LL 181 SE-Q was missing east of Zinndorf, Germany, near the target of Berlin, Germany. The Halifax was likely shot down by a night fighter, but the cause of loss and crash location could not be determined

Pilot Officer AC Thompson (RCAF), Flying Officer R MacLean (RCAF), Pilot Officer WR Hewetson, Sergeant NA Bell (RCAF), Sergeant GF Carter (RAFVR), FS GT Moody (RAFVR) and Sergeant J McIver (RAFVR) were killed in action

There were two other Halifax V aircraft lost on this operation, on this date. Please see Rowe, BS for information on Halifax LK 963 SE-H and Raymond, JP for information on Halifax LL 150 SE-N

1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Sergeant Norman Andrew Bell 2024-11-11

1944-January-29 KIA RAFVR Sergeant George Frederick Carter 2025-01-13

1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Russell Hewetson 2025-01-13

1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Roy Maclean 2025-01-13

1944-January-29 KIA RAFVR Sergeant James McIver 2025-01-13

1944-January-29 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant George Thomas Moody 2025-01-13

1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Arthur Cameron Thompson 2025-01-13

Halifax LL182, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL182

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LL 182

Merlin XX/22

Collided with another 161 squadron aircraft while on anti submarine recon search off east coast, missing, 23.1.44
Unit 161
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL183, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL183

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LL 183

Merlin XX/22

Missing while on special operations executive sortie while on loan to 138 squadron, 10.5.44
Unit 161
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-May-10 Evader RCAF Flying Officer Albert Stanley Coldridge MC 2024-04-11

1944-May-10 Evader RCAF Flying Officer R C Evans 2024-04-11

1944-May-10 Evader RCAF Flying Officer Donald A Lennie 2024-04-11

1944-May-10 Evader RCAF Flying Officer Harry Delbert Medland MC 2024-04-11

Halifax LL184, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL184

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LL 184

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Leipzig, 20.2.44
Unit 76/77
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Donald James Vens Dawson 2025-04-10

Halifax LL185, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL185

s/n LL192

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LL 192

Merlin XX/22

Missing, 8.5.44, crashed in Kattegat
Unit 138
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-May-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Kevin James Murphy 2021-08-16

Halifax LL193, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL193

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LL 193

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 10.4.45
Unit 520
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL194, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL194

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LL 194

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 427 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded ZL*C. Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 427/429/77/1664 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Thomas Ross Swinton 2025-04-10

Halifax LL195, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL195

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LL 195

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 22.3.45
Unit 520
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL196, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL196

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LL 196

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on takeoff from Leeming and undercarriage collapsed, 1.2.44
Units 427/429
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL197, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL197

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LL 197

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*L". Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 20/21 January 1944, shot down by a night fighter. Came down between the villages of Stapel and Zeetze. 6 killed & 1 POW.
Units 427/429
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-January-21 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Berlin, shot down by a night fighter. 6 killed & 1 POW. 2019-08-20

1944-January-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Audrey Allen Ayres 2024-11-04

1944-January-20 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant William Henry Bryant 2024-11-23

s/n LL225

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LL 225

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*L". Damaged over target during attack on the rail yards at Aulnoye on 25/26 March 1944. Starboard inner engine u/s, crash-landed at Friston after being hit by mysterious object over target, crew ok.
Units 431/434
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-March-26 Accident Crash Damaged over target during attack on the rail yards at Aulnoye. Starboard inner engine u/s, crash-landed at Friston, crew ok. 2019-08-20

Halifax LL226, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL226

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LL 226

Merlin XX/22

Finningley and burnt 31.10.44
Units 77/1667 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL227, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL227

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LL 227

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 9.6.45
Units 77/346/347/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit/1667 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL228, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL228

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LL 228

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, special Operations Executive, 6.4.44
Unit 644
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL229, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL229

s/n LL239

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LL 239

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Leipzig, 20.2.44
Unit 77
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James McIvor 2024-04-22

Halifax LL240, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL240

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LL 240

Merlin XX/22

Crashed after Takeoff and burnt, 4 miles west of Dishforth, 17.10.44
Units 434/1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer John Frederick Landsky 2021-08-13

1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer William John Lee 2022-01-23

1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Elmer John Neumann 2021-08-17

1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Sergeant James Lee Powell 2021-08-12

1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Gordon Leonard Spencer 2021-07-23

1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer George John Strickland 2021-07-21

Halifax LL241, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL241

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LL 241

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 434/1659 heavy conversion Unit/1669 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL242, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL242

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LL 242

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 76/77/346/347/1663 Heavy conversion unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL243, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL243

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LL 243

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*U". Failed to return from attack on the rail yards at Montzen on 27/28 April 1944, shot down by a night fighter. 4 killed, 1 POW, 2 evaded. Came down near Wittem, Holland
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-April-28 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on the rail yards at Montzen, shot down by a night fighter. 4 killed 1 POW 2 evaded. 2019-08-20

Bombing Montzen Belgium 1944-04-27 to 1944-04-28

434 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Croft

434 Bluenose Squadron (In Excelsis Vincimus) RAF Croft. Halifax BV aircraft LL 243 WL-U named "The Bluenose Outlaw" was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Georg Fengler of the Stab IV/NJG 1, who had taken off from Sint-Truiden airfield, Belgium in Bf 110 G-4 G9+CF during an operation on the rail yards at Montzen, Belgium. The Halifax crashed at Cartilserveldweg Road, Eys, Limburg, Netherlands

Pilot Officer GW Snow CG(Belgium) w/palm (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant GF Maffre CG(Belgium) w/palm (RCAF), Flight Sergeant RA Meek CG(Belgium) w/palm (RCAF) and Pilot Officer VJ Cownden CG(Belgium) w/palm (RCAF) were all killed in action

Sergeant AW Fuller (RAFVR) survived and was taken Prisoner of War

Flying Officer AG Stacey (RCAF) and Flying Officer JEJ Arscott (RAFVR) survived and escaped capture as Evaders

There were two 434 Squadron Halifax v aircraft lost on this operation. Please see aircraft serial LL 258 WL-N for additional information

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1944-April-28 Evader RAFVR Flying Officer John Edward James Arscott 2023-03-26

1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Vincent Joseph Cownden CDGBP 2024-05-07

1944-April-01 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Robet John Carson 2025-03-09

1944-April-01 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Wilbert Richard McBurney 2025-03-09

Halifax LL253, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL253

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LL 253

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 1.11.45
Units 77/346/347/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit/1652 Heavy Conversion unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL254, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL254

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LL 254

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, Struck off charge, 23.12.44
Units 161/138/2 Overseas Aircraft Development Unit/Mediterranean Allied Aircraft forces
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL255, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL255

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LL 255

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*V". Failed to return from attack on Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944. All were killed.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-February-20 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Leipzig. All were killed. 2019-08-20

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Clifford Mcneil Broadfoot 2024-11-18

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James William Donnelly 2024-10-26

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Douglas Hayter 2024-04-21

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Edward McGregor 2024-04-22

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Charles Leonard Murray 2024-04-23

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Archibald Gordon Pearce 2024-05-01

Halifax LL256, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL256

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LL 256

Merlin XX/22

Belly-landed at Middle Wallop due to fuel shortage, 20.9.44
Unit 298
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL257, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL257

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LL 257

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*Z". Failed to return from attack on Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944, shot down by a night fighter. 4 crew were killed and 3 POW.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-February-20 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Leipzig, shot down by a night fighter. 4 crew were killed and 3 POW. 2019-08-20

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Henry Denys Beames 2024-11-09

1944-February-20 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant William James Gallagher 2021-02-16

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Charles Hatch 2022-10-22

1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Reginald George Jennings 2023-01-05

1944-February-20 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Dalton Leonard Temple 2023-08-13

Halifax LL258, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL258

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LL 258

Merlin XX/22

Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*W". Bombed Lille, France on 9/10 April 1944. Bombed Ghent on 10/11 April 1944. Failed to return from attack on the rail yards at Montzen on 27/28 April 1944, shot down by a night fighter All were killed.
Units 431/434
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-April-28 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on the rail yards at Montzen, shot down by a night fighter All were killed. 2019-08-20

Bombing Montzen Belgium 1944-04-27 to 1944-04-28

434 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Croft

434 Bluenose Squadron (In Excelsis Vincimus) RAF Croft. Halifax BV aircraft LL 258 WL-W was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of Stab IV/NJG 1 from Sint-Truiden, Belgium in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF. The Halifax was on an operation against the rail yards at Montzen, Belgium and crashed near Teuven, Voeren, Limburg, Belgium

Pilot Officer DA Pastorius (RCAF), Flying Officer AE Young (RCAF), Flying Officer WR Ellwood (RCAF), Pilot Officer HAA Breeze (RCAF), Pilot Officer EA Vigor (RCAF), Flight Sergeant CH Havill (RCAF) and Sergeant AB Randall (RAFVR) were all killed in action

There were two 434 squadron Halifax V aircraft lost on this operation. Please see aircraft serial LL 243 WL-U for additional information

Oberleutnant Schnaufer was one of the top German night fighter pilots, who shot down 121 Allied bombers during the war. The Imperial War Museum in London has part of his aircraft on display. He was killed in a car accident in France in 1950

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1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Harold Arthur Alexander Breeze 2023-03-27

1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Ralph Ellwood 2023-03-27

Halifax LL277, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL277

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LL 277

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 31.5.45
Units 644/297
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL278, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL278

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LL 278

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 1.11.45
Units 298/296
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL279, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL279

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LL 279

Merlin XX/22

Missing on Operations, 4.3.44
Units 138
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-March-04 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Roy Dutton 2024-10-31

1944-March-04 PoW RCAF Sergeant Earl Foster Gillcash 2021-02-01

1944-March-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Charles Kingsley 2023-09-24

1944-March-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Albert Roberts 2023-09-24

1944-March-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Edgar Wright 2023-09-24

Halifax LL280, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL280

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LL 280

Merlin XX/22

Missing on Operations 8.5.44
Unit 138
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-May-08 KIA RAF Wing Commander William Mcfarlane Russell DFC & Bar 2023-11-28

Halifax LL281, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL281

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LL 281

Merlin XX/22

Crashed and burnt due to engine failure on take-off at Tilstock, 6.12.44
Units 644/297/1665 heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL282, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL282

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LL 282

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 12.7.45
Units 138/1 Ferry Unit/ 2 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit/ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL283, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL283

Failed to return, Special Operations Executive, "Rummy 6" to Emmen area of the Netherlands 15.10.44
Unit 298
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-October-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Harold Leonard Ferguson 2021-08-16

Halifax LL294, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL294

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LL 294

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 19.2.45
Unit 518
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL295, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL295

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LL 295

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 13.3.45
Units 517/518
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL296, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL296

Rootes Securities Ltd

s/n LL334

Halifax LL344, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL344

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LL 344

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 644/296
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL345, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL345

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LL 345

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 31.5.45
Units 644/297
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL346, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL346

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LL 346

s/n LL356

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LL 356

Merlin XX/22

Missing on Operations, 28.4.44
Unit 138
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Arthur John George Barnes 2024-12-20

1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Ethelred Smythe 2024-12-20

Halifax LL357, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL357

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LL 357

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 1.11.45
Units 644/296
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL358, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL358

s/n LL364

Halifax LL400, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL400

s/n LL406

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LL 406

Merlin XX/22

Starboard outer engine caught fire at 1500' cartwheeled into the ground 1/2 mile southwest of Shephard's Grove airfield and burnt, 29.11.44
Unit 298
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-November-29 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Edward Reilly 2021-08-16

Halifax LL407, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL407

Rootes Securities Ltd

Missing on cross-sountry, 2.7.44
Unit 1667 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-July-02 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Douglas John Evans 2022-01-31

1944-July-02 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Gordon Frederick Hutchinson 2022-12-20

1944-July-02 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Gerald Francis Murphy 2021-09-23

1944-July-02 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Robert Michael Pitts 2021-08-14

Halifax LL498, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL498

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LL 498

Merlin XX/22

Belly landed at Blyton after damage by fire over enemy territory, 9.12.44
Unit 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL499, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL499

Rootes Securities Ltd

LL 499

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 30.7.46
Unit 1667
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL500, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL500

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LL 500

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 1.11.45
Units 1662 Heavy conversion Unit/ 1667 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL501, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL501

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LL 501

Merlin XX/22

Crashed into riverbank at mouth of river Trent, Lincs, while descending, 10.10.44
Unit 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-October-10 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Laurence Emmett Cameron 2024-08-01

1944-October-10 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Clifford Barton Greer 2024-08-01

1944-October-10 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Horace Roger Latham 2024-08-01

Halifax LL502, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL502

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LL 502

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 8.6.45
Units 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit/ 1662 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL503, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL503

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LL 503

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge, 6.6.45
Units 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit/1662 HCU/ 1667 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL504, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL504

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LL 504

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge, 8.11.46
Unit 347/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit 1652 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL505, B/A/Met.Mk.V

s/n LL505

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LL 505

Merlin XX/22

Flew into ground at Grwat Carrs, 3 miles northwest of Coniston, Lancashire, 22.10.44
Unit 1659 Heavy Conversion unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-October-22 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Francis Aubrey Bell 2024-11-11

1944-October-22 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer John Armstrong Johnston 2025-01-09

s/n LL541

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LL 541

Merlin XX/22

Broke up in dive over Hereford and burnt, 12.12.44
Unit 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit/ 1664 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-December-12 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Ernest Henry Brautigam 2024-11-17

1944-December-12 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Gordon Grant Goehring 2025-03-01

1944-December-12 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant David Levine 2025-03-01

s/n LL576

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LL 576

Hercules XVI

Served with No. 415 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "6U*N". Starboard outer engine failed during take-off for cross country; crashed into high ground and burned, 3 miles northwest of Pately Bridge, Yorks, 28.1.45
Units 425/1664 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1945-January-28 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Edward Max Bowman 2025-02-15

1945-January-28 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Keith Innes Gove 2025-02-15

1945-January-28 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Maurice Frederick Stevens 2025-02-15

1945-January-28 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Charles Watts 2025-02-15

Rootes Securities Ltd

LL 614

Hercules XVI

Struck off Charge, 4.10.45
Unit 78
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax LL615, B.Mk.III

s/n LL615

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LL 615

Hercules XVI

Struck Off Charge, 11.2.48
Units 466/158/ Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-October-30 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Bruce Charles Chinnery 2024-02-14

Serial Range (clickable)	Count	Manufacturer
L7244-L9624	102	Handley Page Ltd
R9363-R9540	100	Handley Page Ltd
V9976-V9994	19	English Electric Co Ltd
W1002-W7939	381	Handley Page Ltd
BB189-BB446	200	London Passenger Transport Board
DG219-DG424	150	Rootes Securities Ltd
DJ980-DJ999	20	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
DK114-DK271	130	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
DT476-DT808	250	English Electric Co Ltd
EB127-EB276	100	Rootes Securities Ltd
HR654-HR988	250	Handley Page Ltd
HX147-HX357	150	Handley Page Ltd
JB363-JB974	127	English Electric Co Ltd
JD105-JD476	223	English Electric Co Ltd
JN882-JN978	83	London Passenger Transport Board
JP107-JP532	167	London Passenger Transport Board
LK626-LK999	287	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
LL112-LL615	393	Rootes Securities Ltd
LV771-LV999	166	Handley Page Ltd
LW113-LW724	434	English Electric Co Ltd
MZ282-MZ989	585	London Passenger Transport Board
NA102-NA704	475	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
NP681-NP999	259	Handley Page Ltd
NR113-NR290	141	English Electric Co Ltd
PN167-PN460	211	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
PP165-PP389	177	Handley Page Ltd
RG345-RG879	400	English Electric Co Ltd
RT753-RT938	150	Handley Page Ltd
ST794-ST818	25	English Electric Co Ltd
TW774-TW796	23	Handley Page Ltd
Total ....	6,178

Killed in action, Killed in Flying Accident	3,500	+
Prisoner of War, Interned in a neutral country	1,200	+
Shot Down, Evaded Capture	200	+
Survived Catasrophic events	200
total	5,100	+

	English Electric Co Ltd	2,145
	Handley Page Ltd	1,592
	Rootes Securities Ltd	1,070
	London Passenger Transport Board	710
	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd	661
	total	6,178

	Prototype	2
	Mark I	84
	Mark II	1,977
	Mark III	2,090
	Mark IV	0
	Mark V	904
	Mark VI	468
	Mark VII	408
	Mark VIII	100
	Mark IX	145
	total aircraft	6,178

	Merlin X, XX/22 (86 and 2,881)	2,967
	Hercules XVI, 100 (2,643 and 568)	3,211
	total (4 per aircraft)	6,178

General characteristics:
Crew:	7 (typical)
Length:	69 ft 9 in (21.25 m)
Wingspan:	98 ft 10 in (30.12 m)
Wing area:	1,250 sq ft (116.12 m2)
Height:	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Airfoil:	Root: NACA 23021, Tip: NACA 23007
Empty weight:	Mk. I Series 1: 33,860 lb. (15,359 kg)
Max takeoff weight:	Mk.I Series 1 (early): 55,000 lb (24,970 kg) Mk.I Series 1 (late): 58,000 lb (kg) Mk.I Series 2 & 3: 60,000 lb (27,240 kg)
Fuel capacity:	Mk.I Series 1 & 2: 1,392 Imp gal (6,328 L) Mk.I Series 3: 1,636 Imp gal (7,437 L)
Powerplants:	4 x Rolls-Royce or Ford UK built Merlin X liquid-cooled V-12 piston engines with power output of 1,130 hp (840 kW) each
Propellers:	3-bladed Rotol hydraulic constant-speed fully feathering metal or wooden bladed propellers with diameters between 12 and 13 ft (3.65 and 3.96 m)
Performance:
Maximum speed:	255 mph (410 km/h)
Cruising speed:	195 mph (313 km/h)
Range:	1,860 mi (2,993 km)
Service ceiling:	18,000 ft (5,486 m)
Armament
Primary	two 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns in Boulton Paul Type C nose turret, two twin beam mounted .303-inch (7.7 mm) Vickers Gas Operated "K" machine guns and four 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns in Boulton Paul Type E rear turret
Alternative/additional:	Boulton Paul Type K ventral turret with two 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns (briefly fitted in small numbers to some early Halifax Mk.I aircraft)
Bomb load:	7,500 lb (3,401) consisting of combinations of 2,000 lb AP, 2,000 lb HC, 1,000 lb GP, 500 lb GP or 250 lb GP bombs, or various quantities of 4 lb incendiaries installed in Small Bomb Containers 3 x 1,500 lb (839 kg) Parachute Anti-Shipping Mines
Electronics
Communication and navigation equipment:	TR9F: HF R/T radio transceiver T1083: High frequency W/T transmitter R1082: High frequency W/T & direction finding receiver ARI 5033/5083 GEE Mk.I/II: Radio navigation system Lorenz Standard Beam Approach: Runway blind approach system
Radio Countermeasures:	ARI 5000 Mk.II: IFF Friend or Foe radar identification system

CASPIR Resources

External Resources

Handley Page Halifax Serial Groups Specifications

Halifax LL112, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL113, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL114, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL115, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL116, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL117, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL118, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL119, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL120, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL121, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL122, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL123, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL124, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL125, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL126, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL127, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL128, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL129, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL130, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL131, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL132, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL133, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL134, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-28 to 1944-01-29

434 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Croft

Battle of Berlin

Halifax LL135, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL136, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL137, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL138, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL139, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Bombing Magdeburg Germany 1944-01-21 to 1944-01-22

427 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Leeming

Battle of Berlin

Halifax LL140, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL141, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL142, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL143, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL144, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL145, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL146, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL147, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL148, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL149, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL150, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-28 to 1944-01-29

431 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Croft

Battle of Berlin

Halifax LL151, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL152, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Bombing Amiens France 1944-03-15 to 1944-03-15

(B) Sqn (RCAF) Croft

Battle of Berlin

Halifax LL153, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL167, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL168, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL169, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL170, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL171, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL172, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL173, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL174, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL175, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL176, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL177, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL178, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL179, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL180, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL181, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-28 to 1944-01-29

(B) Sqn (RCAF) Croft

Battle of Berlin

Halifax LL182, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL183, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL184, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL185, B/A/Met.Mk.V

Halifax LL186, B/A/Met.Mk.V

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