Halifax JB798 B/GR.Mk.II - Bombing Hamburg Germany - 1943-07-29 to 1943-07-30
Squadron: 78 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-07-29
Completion Date: 1943-07-30
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Hamburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Breighton
Take Off Time: 22:11
Squadron Code: EY-P
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: south-west of Lubeck at Bad Oldsloe
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable

6 Bomber Group July 29/30, 1943

59 Halifaxes from 408, 419, 427, and 428 Squadrons were joined by 23 Wellingtons from 429 and 432 Squadrons on an attack at Hamburg. The crews were over the target at between 16,000 and 22,000 feet, releasing 138,000 lbs of high explosives and 256,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports, bombing was accurate with severe damage to the city. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)

78 Squadron (Nemo Non Paratus) RAF Breighton. Halifax II aircraft JB 798 EY-P is believed to have been hit by flak while on an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany. The Halifax crashed south-west of Lubeck at Bad Oldsloe, Germany, the 14th aircraft shot down on this, the 3rd raid on targets in Hamburg

FS WMT Hetherington (RCAF), Flying Officer RC Baillie (RCAF), FS GH Woodcock (RCAF), Sergeants T Campbell (RAF), WE Goodacre (RAFVR), JR Nicholls (RAFVR) and FS PA Fraser (RAAF) were all killed in action on their 6th operation

The Battle of Hamburg, Allied Bomber Forces Against a German City by Martin Middlebrook, Appendix 4, page 340

General 29/30.07.1943 No.78 Squadron Halifax II JB798 EY-P Flight Sergeant Peter...

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