Halifax BB327 B.Mk.II - Bombing Duisburg Germany - 1943-04-08 to 1943-04-08
Squadron: 419 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1943-04-08
Completion Date: 1943-04-08
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Duisburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Middleton St George
Take Off Time: 21:47:00
Squadron Code: VR-Q
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: near Krefeld
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: Heimatflak 211/VI, Schwere Heimatflak 227/VI, 228/VI and 229/VI
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

419 Moose Squadron RCAF (Moosa aswayita) RAF Middleton St George. Halifax II aircraft BB 327 VR-Q was shot down by flak during an operation against targets in Duisburg, Germany. The Halifax was shot down by flak units Heimatflak 211/VI, Schwere Heimatflak 227/VI, 228/VI and 229/VI and crashed near Krefeld, Germany with the loss of six aircrew

Sergeant John Hubert Morris (RCAF), Flying Officer Arthur Reginald Hickey (RCAF), Sergeant Percy John Ireland (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Delmar Cyril Way (RCAF), Sergeant Reginald John Amos (RAFVR) and Sergeant Kenneth Herbert Godbold (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Warrant Officer 1st Class Laverne Elmer Turner (RCAF) survived to be taken as Prisoner of War

Nachtjagd Combat Archive, 1943 Part 1, 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 56,/span>

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