Halifax BB211 B.Mk.II - Bombing - 1942-08-09 to 1942-08-10
Squadron: 102 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-09
Completion Date: 1942-08-10
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Pocklington
Take Off Time: 00:08:00
Squadron Code: DY-A
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Elbergen 8 km South of Lingen-Ems
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

102 Ceylon Squadron (Tentate Et Perficite) RAF Pocklington. Halifax aircraft BB 211 DY-A shot down by flak from 12000 feet and crashed at Elbergen 8 km South of Lingen-Ems, Germany

Pilot Officer Murray Lorne McCarthy (RCAF) and Sergeant Raymond Venables Willshire (RAF) were both killed in action

Sergeant James Frederick Long (RCAF), Howard Conroy Jones (RCAF), Pilot Officer Alan Douglas Lewis Lamont (RNZAF), Flight Lieutenant Douglas Burton McLeod (RAAF)and Warrant Officer David Bower Richards (RAAF) all survived and were taken as Prisoners of War

It's Suicide But It's Fun, The Story of 102 (Ceylon) Squadron 1917-1956 by Chris Goss, page 177

Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 66

Unvetted Source Ryal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Unvetted Source Pock Losses (1 Mar 2021).pdf

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