Squadron: 405 (C) Sqn (RCAF)

Start Date: 1942-12-15

Completion Date: 1942-12-15

Mission: Bombing

Operation: unspecified

Target City:

Target Specific:

Base: Beaulieu

Take Off Time: 07.28

Squadron Code: LQ F

Radio Code:

Return Base: Beaulieu

Return Time:

Crash City: Beaulieu, UK

Crash Specifics:

Crash Latitude: 0.00000000

Crash Longitude: 0.00000000

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405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) RAF Bealieu, Halifax II aircraft DT 624 LQ-F returned from a daylight, long-range anti-submarine patrol over the Bay of Biscay on three engines with one of the port propellers feathered. The pilot obtained permission for a right hand circuit and, on turning into the wind, the aircraft went into a spin and crashed three miles west of the Beaulieu aerodrome.

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Halifax DT624 B/GR.Mk.II - Bombing - 1942-12-15 to 1942-12-15