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Dalton, George Harold (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-June-03

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Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Service
RAFVR
Unit
158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity
Base
RAF Lissett
Rank
Flying Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
124835
PoW: 6076

Halifax B.Mk.III LK877

Bombing Trappes France 1944-June-02 to 1944-June-03

158 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Lissett

D-Day

158 Squadron RAF (Strength in Unity) RAF Lissett. Halifax III aircraft LK 877 NP-A was shot down by Hauptmann Werner Hoffman, Staffelkapitan of 1/NJG-5 during an operation to bomb the railyards at Trappes, France, in preparation for the D-Day landings in Normandy. The Halifax crashed near Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, France

The pilot, Flying Officer George Harold Dalton (RAFVR) survived and was taken as a Prisoner of War

The rest of the crew: Sergeant Stanley Bernard Jones (RCAF), Flying Officer Robert Maurice Farnbank (RAFVR), Flying Officer Walter Leigh Jones (RAFVR), Sergeant Henry William Chowne (RAFVR), Sergeant George William Heaton (RAFVR) and Sergeant Herbert Matthews (RAFVR) all survived and avoided capture as Evaders

Nachtjager Luftwaffe Night fighter Units 1939-1945 by David P Williams

General Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

General France-Crashes 39-45 Search

Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 276

General 158 Squadron Association - Personnel Detail

Target
Google MapTrappes France

Halifax LK877

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