Lancaster KB779 Mk.X - Bombing Osnabruck Germany - 1944-12-06 to 1944-12-06
Squadron: 419 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-12-06
Completion Date: 1944-12-06
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Osnabruck Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Middleton St. George
Take Off Time: 16.40
Squadron Code: VR B
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Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

453 aircraft- 363 Halifaxes, 72 Lancasters, 18 Mosquitoes - of 1, 4, 6 and 8 Groups, 7 Halifaxes and I Lancaster lost.

This was the first major raid on Osnabriick since August 1942. The raid was only a partial success. The railway yards were only slightly damaged but 4 factories were hit, including the Teuto-Metallwerke munitions factory, and 203 houses wen, destroyed. 39 people were killed.

source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt

419 Moose Squadron (Moosa Aswayita). Lancaster aircraft KB 779 missing after it encountered severe icing conditions during a night attack against Osnabruk, Germany. F/Os B.D. Hyndman, G.R. Cheesman, P/Os L.T. Graham, E.M. Hansen, D.L. Marcellus, G.E.Smith and one RAF member of the crew were killed.

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