Halifax LW688 B/A.Mk.III - Bombing Berlin Germany - 1944-03-24 to 1944-03-24
Squadron: 429 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-03-24
Completion Date: 1944-03-24
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Berlin Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Leeming
Take Off Time: 19:03
Squadron Code: AL-J
Radio Code:
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Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Sieseby and Thumby, two small villages some 8kms south south east of Kappeln
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

429 Bison Squadron (Fortunae Nihil) RAF Leeming. Halifax BIII aircraft LW 668 AL-J failed to return from night operations against targets in Berlin, Germany. The Halifax crashed between Sieseby and Thumby, two small villages some 8kms south south east of Kappeln, Germany, but the cause of loss not established

Pilot Officer WG Hampton (RCAF), Sergeant RM Byrne (RAFVR) Pilot Officer EAJ Giles (RAAF), FS WTG Peckham (RAFVR) and Flying Officer FC Rousseau (RAFVR) were all killed in action

FS AW Larochelle (RCAF) and FS HJ Nicholls (RAFVR) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War

There were three 429 Squadron Halifax aircraft lost on this operation. Please see aircraft serials LK 805 AL-H and LV 914 AL-V for additional information

Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock pages 341,371

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