Halifax MZ422 B.Mk.III - Bombing Chemnitz Germany - 1945-02-14 to 1945-02-14
Squadron: 427 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1945-02-14
Completion Date: 1945-02-14
Mission: Bombing
Operation: Thunderclap
Target City: Chemnitz Germany
Target Specific: communications and supply centres
Base: RAF Leeming
Take Off Time: 16:49
Squadron Code: ZL-N
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Saalfeld near Katzhutte, a small town astride the River Schwarza
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Obfhr Helmut Bunje of 4/NJG6
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

427 Lion Squadron (Ferte Manus Certas) RAF Leeming. Halifax III aircraft MZ 422 ZL-N was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfahnrich Helmut Bunje of 4/NJG6 during an operation against targets in Chemnitz, Germany. The bomber is believed to have crashed near Saalfeld near Katzhutte, a small town astride the River Schwarza, Germany

Flying Officer VS Roy (RCAF), Flight Sergeant AJ Cybulskie (RCAF), Flight Sergeant AN Scorah (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant H Gallagher (RCAF) were all killed in action

Flight Sergeant Scorah was badly burned and survived briefly but died of his burns in a German hospital after being captured

Sergeant AL Morrison (RCAF), Sergeant HLC Mayer (RCAF), and Flight Sergeant AR Williams (RCAF) survived were taken Prisoners of War, although POW details for these three airmen is unknown to date

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