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RAFVR
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626 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To Strive And Not To Yield To strive and not to yeild
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RAF Wickenby
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Flying Officer
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620744
PoW: 629
Brunswick Germany
Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 404
The Long Road, Trials and Tribulations of Airmen Prisoners from Stalag Luft VII (Bankau) to Berlin, June 1944 - May 1945 by Oliver Clutton-Brock and Raymond Crompton, page 336
626 Squadron (To strive and not to yield) RAF Wickenby Lancaster Mk III aircraft LM 599 UM-A2 was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Horst-Rudiger Blume of 8/NJG2 and crashed at Westercelle Celle Niedersachsen, Germany during an operation against targets in Brunswick, Germany
Sergeant Kenneth William Molyneux (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant James Mercer Reid (RAFVR) and Sergeant Joseph Kitchener Slack (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer Ronald Stanley Bennett (RCAF), Flying Officer Arnold Victor Clifford (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant Leslie Eric Paradise (RAFVR) and Flying Officer James Purdie Slattery (RAF) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4, 24 July - 15 October by Theo Boiten, page 41
36 Halifaxes from 408, 415, 420, 424, 425, 426, 432, and 433 Squadrons were joined by 12 Lancasters from 408, 419, and 428 Squadrons on an attack of enemy troop positions at Falaise. The crews were over the target at between 7,000 and 8,000 feet, releasing 392,000 lbs of high explosives.According to reports, this attack was effective.
While some crews attacked Falaise, 48 Halifaxes from 415, 424, 427,429, 431, 432, and 434 Squadrons were joined by 21 Lancasters from 419 and 428 Squadrons on an attack at Brunswick. The crews were over the target at between 19,000 and 20,000 feet, releasing 379,000 lbs of high explosives and 120,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports, this attack was not marked by pathfinders and was scattered.
40 Halifaxes from 427, 429, 431, and 434 Squadrons were ordered on attacks of 2 V-1 sites at La Breteque and La Neuville. The crews were over the targets at between 9,000 and 10,000 feet, releasing 316,000 lbs of high explosives.
While the above attacks were taking place, 4 Halifaxes from 424 and433 Squadrons were ordered on a mining operation to Brest. The crews were over the garden at 13,000 feet, sowing 16@1500 lb mines. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
626 Squadron (To strive and not to yield) RAF Wickenby Lancaster Mk III aircraft LM 599 UM-A2 was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Horst-Rudiger Blume of 8/NJG2 and crashed at Westercelle Celle Niedersachsen, Germany during an operation against targets in Brunswick, Germany
Sergeant Kenneth William Molyneux (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant James Mercer Reid (RAFVR) and Sergeant Joseph Kitchener Slack (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer Ronald Stanley Bennett (RCAF), Flying Officer Arnold Victor Clifford (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant Leslie Eric Paradise (RAFVR) and Flying Officer James Purdie Slattery (RAF) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4, 24 July - 15 October by Theo Boiten, page 41
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