6 Bomber Group June 12/13, 1943
38 Halifaxes from 408, 419, and 427 Squadrons were ordered on an attack at Bochum. The crews were over the target at between 16,000 and 20,000 feet, releasing 64,000 lbs of high explosives and 123,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports, the target was cloud covered but severe damage was done.
While the Halifaxes went to Bochum, 12 Wellingtons from 429, 431, and432 Squadrons were ordered on a mining operation to the Frisian Islands and Saint-Nazaire. The crews were over the garden at between 700 and 5,000feet, sowing 16@1500 lb mines. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Prins Hendrikpolder, Den Hoorn, Texel island, Noord-Holland.
Killed includes Dixon: Pilot Officer George William Rupert Dalton RCAF J/17164 KIA Sergeant James Imms RAF 640842 KIA Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands Pilot Officer Bernard Laird Tedford RCAF J/17609 KIA Den Burg Cemetery, Texel, Holland, Plot K. Row 3. Grave 52. Pilot Officer Alexander Mathias Fellner RCAF J/16714 POW Stalag 9C, POW# 1726. Pilot Officer Gerrard Smith Huston RCAF J/17316 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria, POW# 1699. Pilot Officer William Angus Thurston RCAF J/17163 POW Stalag Luft L3, Sagan & Belaria, POW# 1509.
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