Halifax DG224 B.Mk.II - Bombing Essen Germany - 1942-06-08 to 1942-06-09
Squadron: 405 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-06-08
Completion Date: 1942-06-09
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Essen Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Pocklington
Take Off Time: 22.57
Squadron Code: LQ U
Radio Code:
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Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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Enemy Claim:

ESSEN

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170 aircraft - 92 Wellingtons, 42 Halifaxes, 14 Stirlings, 13 Lancasters, 9 Hampdens.

19 aircraft - 7 Wellingtons, 7 Halifaxes, 3 Lancasters, 1 Hampden, 1 Stirling - lost.

Yet again, this target was not identified accurately and bombing was scattered over a wide ares. Essen suffered further light housing damage, 13 people killed and 42 injured.

Minor operations: 19 aircraft to Dieppe, 6 Blenheim Intruders, 1 Stirling on a leaflet flight. No losses.The Bomber Command War Diaries, Middlebrook and Everitt

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Operated by No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, when lost on 8 June 1942. Halifax aircraft DG 224 was carrying bombs, camera, and leaflets when it was shot down, on mission to Essen, came down 11 kilometres north-west of centre of Cologne. 7 crew killed, one PoW.

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