Halifax W1274 B.Mk.II - Bombing Flensburg Germany - 1942-09-24 to 1942-09-24
Squadron: 405 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-09-24
Completion Date: 1942-09-24
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Flensburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Topcliffe
Take Off Time: 00:19
Squadron Code: LQ-R
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Denmark
Crash Specifics: Elso moor, west of Kelstrup plantation
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: 1/Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 306
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

405 Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), RAF Topcliffe. Halifax aircraft W 1274 LQ-R was lost on an operation against targets in Flensburg, Germany 1942-09-24, shot down by flak after being coned by a searchlight (Werfer 11 of the 1/Reserve-Scheinwerfer-Abteilung 609). The bomber was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak of the 1/Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 306 and crashed on Elso moor, west of Kelstrup plantation in Denmark

Pilot Officer WM Webb (RCAF), Pilot Officer EE Gervais (RCAF), Flight Sergeant J Ott (RCAF), Sergeant JM Rankin (RCAF), Flight Sergeant MK Burke (RAAF), Sergeant JH Kaufman (RAFVR)(Can) and Flight Sergeant W Sheldon (RAFVR), were all killed in action

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