Halifax BB328 B.Mk.II - SOE - 1943-05-13 to 1943-05-14
Squadron: 138 (SD) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-05-13
Completion Date: 1943-05-14
Mission: SOE
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RAF Tempsford
Take Off Time: 23:00:00
Squadron Code: NF-U
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Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: Pont-Audemer area of Normandy
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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6 Bomber Group May 13/14, 1943

26 Halifaxes from 408 and 419 Squadrons were joined by 47 Wellingtons from 426, 428, 429, and 431 Squadrons on an attack at Bochum. The crews were over the target at between 12,000 and 20,000 feet, releasing 113,000 lbs of high explosives and 138,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports, the bombing was accurate with serious damage being caused. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)

138 (Special Duties) Squadron (For Freedom). Halifax aircraft BB 328 NF-U was lost during SOE Operation Physician 10/Roach 6 to drop supplies to Resistance Groups in France. The Halifax crashed in the Pont-Audemer area of Normandy, Northern France in unknown circumstances. The entire crew was lost

Flight Sergeant John Patrick Keating (RCAF), Sergeant Dudley Frank West (RAFVR), Sergeant James Woods (RAF), Sergeant Kenneth Hubbard (RAFVR), Sergeant Douglas Albert Ball (RAFVR), and Flying Officer Thomas Noble (RAFVR) were all killed in action

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