Halifax W1142 B.Mk.II - Bombing Hamburg Germany - 1942-07-26 to 1942-07-27
Squadron: 102 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-07-26
Completion Date: 1942-07-27
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Hamburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Topcliffe
Take Off Time: 23:13:00
Squadron Code: DY-A
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: North Sea
Crash Specifics: off the German coast
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

102 (Ceylon) Squadron (Tentate et perficite) RAF Topcliffe. Halifax Mk II aircraft W 1142 DY-A on an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany, was shot down by flak off the German coast

Pilot Officer William Henry Baber (RAFVR) and Sergeant Gwilyn Mieron Jones (RAFVR) were killed in action

Warrant Officer 1st Class John Brian Downes (RCAF), Warrant Officer 2nd Class Walter Gordon Wilcox (RCAF), Sergeant Joseph Stanley Higgin (RAFVR), Sergeant Joseph William Vine (RAFVR) and Sergeant John Malcolm Macdonald Wilson (RAFVR) were rescued clinging to part of a wing section and captured to become Prisoners of War

It's Suicide but it's Fun, The Story of 102 (Ceylon) Squadron 1917-1956 by Chris Goss, page 176

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