Squadron: (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-03-15
Completion Date: 1944-03-15
Mission: Bombing
Operation: Battle of Berlin
Target City: Amiens France
Target Specific:
Base: Croft
Take Off Time: 18.23
Squadron Code: SE U
Radio Code:
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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After attack on rail yards at Amiens on 15/16 March 1944 where 15 French civilians were killed, Halifax Mk.V LL 152, , had a 500 lb bomb load hung up. The bomb dropped and exploded at the end of the runway during landing on the aerodrome at Croft, England. Pilot Officer L.R. Barker and four crew members, not Canadians, were also killed.
