Squadron: 405 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-06-01
Completion Date: 1942-06-02
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Essen Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Pocklington
Take Off Time: 23.46
Squadron Code: LQ I
Radio Code:
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Return Time:
Crash City: Gellep, Germany
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
Pilot Officer R L Baltzer (RCAF), Pilot Officer F A G W Gerty (RCAF), Flight Sergeant J A Thompson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant L D Thompson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant S L Reid (RCAF), Flight Sergeant J M W Fortin (RCAF), Sergeant J L Turnbull: killed; Halifax W7713, 405 Squadron, aircraft crashed at Gellep, Germany during an operational flight over Essen, Germany,
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