Halifax W7709 B.Mk.II - Bombing Osnabruck Germany - 1942-08-10 to 1942-08-10
Squadron: 405 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-10
Completion Date: 1942-08-10
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Osnabruck Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Topcliffe
Take Off Time: 23.50
Squadron Code: LQ J
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Oploo (Noord Brabant), 20 km NE of Helmond, Holland
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "LQ*J". Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 03:42 on 10 August 1942 alongside a farmhouse, owned by Mr Van Der Steeg, at Oploo (Noord Brabant), 20 km NE of Helmond, Holland. Was on mission to Osnabruck, from Topcliffe. Medals from crew member Flight Lieutenant D.J. Bain reported for sale on-line in 2006.

Flight Lieutenant David John BAIN (41243) Pilot ; Pilot Officer Thomas Mcwhirter CALDERWOOD (118607) Observer; Flight Sergeant Francis Earl GIBBONS (R/61613) Wireless Op; Sergeant Henry Patrick GOVER (798560) Air Gunner; Sergeant Walter Alexander HILL (R/7775) Flight Engi; Flight Sergeant Arthur Theodore MORGAN (R/89659) Pilot; Sergeant Thomas Gwynne MORGAN (1253408) Wireless Op; Pilot Officer Robert Hilary VAUGHAN (118660) Observer; All Killed

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