Halifax BB244 B.Mk.II - Bombing Berlin Germany - 1943-03-30 to 1943-03-30
Squadron: 51 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-03-30
Completion Date: 1943-03-30
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Berlin Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Snaith
Take Off Time: 21:46:00
Squadron Code: MH-Q
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: near Poorterman at Vorden, Gelderland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Leutnant August Geiger of 7/NJG1
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

51 Squadron RAF (Swift and sure) RAF Snaith. Halifax B MkII aircraft BB 244 MH-Q was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant August Geiger of 7/NJG1 returning from an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Poorterman at Vorden, Gelderland, Netherlands with the loss of six crew members

Flight Sergeant Jack Paton (RCAF), Sergeant John Mitchell Taylor (RAFVR), Sergeant David Marlow Reed (RAFVR), Sergeant Albert Heptonstall (RAFVR), Flying Officer Raymond George Harris (RAFVR) and Flying Officer Victor John Dowling (RAFVR), were all killed in action

Navigator, Sergeant Eric Williams (RAFVR) was the sole survivor from his crew and was captured to become a Prisoner of War

Nachtjagd Combat Archive, 1943 Part 1, 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 52

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