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1944-01-29 Sergeant - Rescued | |
Halifax B/GR.Mk.III HX265 BMD | 433 (B) Sqn (RCAF) |
Take-off: 00:19:00 | Target: Berlin Germany |
Halifax B/GR.Mk.III HX265Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-January-28 to 1944-January-29
From the ORB:
HX-265 captained by Flying Officer JM Gray who was making his first sortie as captain made an amazing ditching into the sea about 15 miles of the English coast near Hartlepool. This aircraft had been hit by heavy flak prior to reaching the target which holed one of the starboard tanks, and the ditching was necessary due to lack of petrol. All the members of the crew were saved, and this was a very outstanding piece of work by the captain for his excellent ditching, by the flight engineer who figured the petrol supply to within 15 miles, by the navigator, who had no "Aids" as the "Gee" and wireless were both unserviceable.
Others on the Aircraft
1944-01-29 RCAF John MacPherson Gray DFC Rescued 2023-06-261944-01-29 R G Jackson Rescued 2021-08-12
1944-01-29 RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Pierre Octave Victor Levesque Rescued 2022-01-23
1944-01-29 L P Ruddy Rescued 2021-08-11
1944-01-29 RCAF Pilot Officer Thomas Michael Ryan Rescued 2021-08-11
1944-01-29 RAFVR Sergeant Oscar William Sporne Rescued 2021-08-12