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427 Lion Squadron (Ferte Manus Certe) RAF Leeming. Halifax BIII aircraft NR288 ZL-F failed to return from an operation against targets Worms, Germany. The aircraft was most likely hit by flak during the bombing run on the target. The pilot ordered the crew to bail, but it then exploded in mid-air and crashed near Kirsheim, Westfalen, Germany with the cause of loss not established. The pilot was thrown clear and was only survivor from this crew
427 Squadron had begun to convert to Lancaster bombers and this was the last crew lost in a Halifax bomber
Pilot Officer RR Stuart (RCAF), Flying Officer L Webster (RCAF), Pilot Officer DA Henderson (RCAF), Pilot Officer AJ McLeod (RCAF), Flight Sergeant LO Foisy (RCAF) and Pilot Officer JFW Taylor (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Pilot Officer WR Wilson (RCAF), pilot of the aircraft, was thrown clear in the explosion and survived and was taken Prisoner of War
The RCAF Overseas, The Sixth Year, Oxford University Press 1949, pages 125-6
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427 Squadron Association - February 1945
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