Squadron: 405 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-04-15
Completion Date: 1942-04-15
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Dortmund Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Pocklington
Take Off Time: 22.03
Squadron Code: LQ X
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded "LQ*X", at Pocklington, UK. Lost on 15 April 1942, on raid to Dortmund. Radioed for assistance at 05:18, no further trace. Flt Sgt Howard William BYDWELL (R/56197); Sgt Peter Melton CROWE (1168054); Sergeant Frederick John Alfred HESSELDEN (971361) Plt Off William Richard SAMSON (110660); Plt Off Percy Collins TOFT (J/5825). All POW
6 Group Unavailable
No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded "LQ*X", at Pocklington, UK. Lost on 15 April 1942, on raid to Dortmund. Radioed for assistance at 05:18, no further trace. Flt Sgt Howard William BYDWELL (R/56197); Sgt Peter Melton CROWE (1168054); Sergeant Frederick John Alfred HESSELDEN (971361) Plt Off William Richard SAMSON (110660); Plt Off Percy Collins TOFT (J/5825). All POW
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