From War Diaries: 288 Aircraft took part in the raid on Oberhausen. 3 Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster lost. Oberhuasen is north of Essen and is a heavy industrial area. The target was overcast and the success was minimal.

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6 Bomber Group November 1/2, 1944

202 Halifaxes from 408, 415, 420, 424, 425, 426, 427, 429, 432, 433 and 434 squadrons were joined by 47 Lancasters from 419, 428, and 431 on an attack at Oberhausen. The crews were over the target at between 17,000and 21,000 feet, releasing 1,979,000 lbs of high explosives and 379,000 lbs of incendiaries. The target was cloud covered and the attack was scattered. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)

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426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire) RAF Linton-on -Ouse. Halifax BVII aircraft LW 199 OW-C was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Barthel/ Feldwebel Rupprecht/ Unteroffizier Mennen of the 6/NJG 1 from Dusseldorf in a Bf 110 G-4. during an operation against targets in Dusseldorf, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Strump, Meerbusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Flying Officer Robert William Harrison (RCAF), Pilot Officer Clifden Homer Foch Campton (RCAF) and Sergeant Elson Holland Grundy (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Flight Lieutenant Charles Wesley Boddington (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 1 Robert Yarnell Hodgson (RCAF), Flying Officer Roy Mitchell (RCAF), and Flight Sergeant Joseph John Lawlor (RCAF) survived and were all taken as Prisoners of War

There were three 426 Squadron Halifax aircraft lost on this operation. Please see aircraft serials NP 696 OQ-M and NP 686 OW-T for additional information on these aircraft and crews

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 16 October - 31 December by Theo Boiten, page 22

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