Halifax MZ858 B.Mk.III - Bombing Stuttgart Germany - 1944-07-26 to 1944-07-26
Squadron: 431 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-07-26
Completion Date: 1944-07-26
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Stuttgart Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Croft
Take Off Time: 21:11:00
Squadron Code: SE-Y
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: near Offingen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
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431 Iroquois Squadron (Warriors of the Air) RAF Croft. Halifax BIII aircraft MZ 858 SE-Y was shot down by night fighter pilot Hptm Adolf Breves of Stab 4 /NJG1during an operation against targets in Stuttgart, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Offingen, Germany. There were also multiple flak battery claims for this loss but it was credited to Hptm Breves

Pilot Officer RG Carter (RCAF) and Pilot Officer EA Parker (RAFVR) were both killed in action

Wing Commander HR Dow (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant DJ Frauts (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant KW Jones (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant RM Martin (RCAF) and Pilot Officer HJ Douglas (RAFVR) all survived to be taken as Prisoners of War

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