Halifax MZ699 B.Mk.III - Bombing Munster Germany - 1944-09-12 to 1944-09-12
Squadron: 102 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-09-12
Completion Date: 1944-09-12
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Munster Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Pocklington
Take Off Time: 16:14:00
Squadron Code: DY-T
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Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: ear the Kinderhaus Railway Station, Coerde, Germany
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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6 Bomber Group September 12, 1944

122 Halifaxes from 408, 415, 420, 425, 426, 431,432, and 434 squadrons attacked the synthetic oil plant at Wanne Eickel. The attack was carried out from 16,000 to 19,000 feet with the crew releasing 960,000 lbs of ordinance. No observations were made due to a smoke screen over the target. A great number of aircraft were damaged by flak. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)

102 Ceylon Squadron RAF (Tentate et perficite) RAF Pocklington. Halifax Mark III aircraft MZ 699 DY-T was shot down during a daylight operation against targets in Munster, Germany. Damaged by flak, the Halifax crashed close to the target near the Kinderhaus Railway Station, Coerde, Germany with the loss of two aircrew. The cause of loss was not established but Sergeant Leslie Duncan (RAFVR) and Pilot Officer Philip Henry Groves (RAFVR) were both killed in action

The remaining five crew members: Pilot Officer Romeo Alexander Paquette (RCAF), Sergeant Arthur Benjamin Davies (RAFVR), Sergeant Fred Hooker (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant Colin Leslie Munro (RAFVR) and Sergeant Charles Edward Waterman (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War

It's Suicide But It's Fun, The Story of 102 (Ceylon) Squadron 1917-1956 by Chris Goss, page 201

unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

unvetted Source Pock Losses (1 Mar 2021).pdf

unvetted Source 102 (Ceylon) Squadron Memories

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