Halifax BB334 B.Mk.II - SOE - 1943-08-12 to 1943-08-12
Squadron: 138 (SD) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-08-12
Completion Date: 1943-08-12
Mission: SOE
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Tempsford
Take Off Time: 23:30:00
Squadron Code: NF-X
Radio Code:
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Return Time:
Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: near Ecorcei, Orne
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flakfighter
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim: Unteroffizier Ernst Petretti of the 2/JG 2
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

138(Special Duties) Squadron (For Freedom) RAF Tempsford. Halifax B Mk II aircraft BB 334 NF-X on an Special Operations Executive (SOE) Operation Spruce 20/21 to France. This was an effort to support the Resistance in France, dropping supplies and materiel specifically in support of the SPRUCE Network in the Lyon and Rhone-Alpes regions. A combination of Flak and later an attack by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Ernst Petretti of the 2/JG 2, flying a Focke-Wulfe190A, resulted in the Halifax crashing near Ecorcei, Orne, France with the loss of two aircrew

Warrant Officer 1st Class Donald Alexander Joseph Cameron (RCAF) and Warrant Officer 1st Class Allan Gerald Foster (RCAF) were both killed in action

Sergeant Thomas Sidney Harries (RAF), Flight Sergeant Adam Manson (RAF) and Sergeant david Henry Owen (RAF) survived to be taken as Prisoners of War

Warrant Officer 1st Class Roderick Alexander Scott (RCAF) and Sergeant James George Anthony Trusty DFM (RAF) survived and became EVADERS

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