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419 Moose Squadron (Moosa Aswayita) RAF Middleton St George. Halifax Mk II aircraft DT 634 VR-E was a few miles south of Bremen, Germany, enroute to bomb targets in Berlin, Germany when it was caught in a flak barrage, a few minutes later the starboard outer engine heated up and had to be feathered. The crew decided to carry on but changed to the closer destination of Magdeburg, Germany instead of Berlin. After carrying out the bombing run the aircraft was hit from below and shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt. Ulrich Wulff of the 1/NJG 5, flying a Bf 110 aircraft, setting an engine on fire. The fire spread to the fuselage and the escape hatches had to be cut open with axes as the they had become jammed in the attack. All the crew jumped to safety except pilot Flying Officer Porter who stayed at the controls. He stayed too long and went down with the aircraft when it crashed at Escheburg near Bergedorf Schleswig-Holstein Germany
Flying Officer Charles Edward Porter MiD (RCAF) was killed in action
Warrant Officer Class I Murray Winston Bishop (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Gerald Lanteigne (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class I Albert Henry Taylor (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant George Joseph Sweanor (RCAF), Sergeant Daniel London (RAFVR) and Flying Officer Alan Thomas Budinger (RAFVR) survived and were all taken Prisoners of War
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419 Squadron RCAF 1941 to 1945 Crew of Halifax DT634
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