6 Bomber Group November 6, 1944
176 Halifaxes from 408, 415, 420, 424, 425, 426,427, 429, 432, 433, and 434 squadrons were joined by 40 Lancasters from419, 428, and 431 squadrons on an attack of the Nordstern oil plant at Gelsenkirchen. The crews were over the target between 19,000 to 21,000 feet, releasing 1,781,000 lbs of high explosives and 263,000 lbs of incendiaries.According to reports, the oil plant was damaged but due to dust and smoke, crews bombed in the general area. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
408 Goose Squadron (Foe freedom) RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Halifax VII NP 761 EQ-A missing from an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The crew abandoned the aircraft and all survived, but crash site and cause of loss not determined
Possible shot down by Flak. Unable to locate any fighter activity near Krefeld Flt Sergeant Davies RCAF was part of Trupp 55. He arrived at Bankau on 20 December 1944. Sergeant Woods RCAF, Flt Sergeant McLeod RCAF and Flt Sergeant Robinson RCAF were part of Trupp 50. They arrived at Bankau on 28 November 1944. Sergeant Woods was captured on 6 November 1944 at Gels. During the last 4 months as a PoW he had an upset stomach due to bad food.(The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock)
Pilot: J/18533 Fg Off John Clayton Kellond RCAF - captured on 6 November 1944 near Dusseldorf. PoW/Received a cut on head during combat. Hospital in Dusseldorf for 2 weeks/Interrogation at Oberusel/Dulag Luft Wetzlar/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/Stalag 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 9007.
Flight Engineer: C/97182 Sgt. William Arthur Woods RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreulberg Upper Silesia/Stalag 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 1214.
Navigator: J/38323 Fg Off Wilfred Alexander Gillmeister RCAF - captured on 6 November near Krefeld. Suffered from dysentery due to bad food. PoW/Airdrome Krefeld/Dulag Luft Frankfurt/Dulag Luft Wetzlar/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/Stalag 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 8810.
Bomb Aimer: J/36864 Fg Off Kenneth Irvine Durk RCAF - PoW/Dulag Luft Frankfurt/Dulag Luft Wetzlar/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/Stalag 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 8808.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/16445 Flt Sergeant David Myrddin Davies RCAF - was captured on 6 November at Gelsenkirchen. PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreulberg Upper Silesia Stalag 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 1236.
Mid Upper Gunner: R/256282 Flt Sergeant Theodore Gordon McLeod RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreulberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 1203.
Rear Gunner: R/127013 Flt Sergeant Ronald Charles Robinson RCAF - captured on 6 November 1944 at Gelsenkirchen. PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreulberg Upper Silesia/Stalag 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 1210.
