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1945-01-06 Flying Officer - Prisoner of War | |
Halifax B.Mk.III MZ432 NPQ | 158 (B) Sqn (RAF) |
Take-off: 17:01:00 | Target: Hanover Germany |
Halifax B.Mk.III MZ432Bombing Hanover Germany 1945-January-05 to 1945-January-06
158 Squadron RAF (Strength in Unity) RAF Lissett. Halifax III aircraft MZ 432 NP-Q failed to return from operations against targets in Hanover, Germany. Cause of loss was not determined but most likely from an night fighter but there was also accurate heavy flak. The Halifax crashed somewhere between Bremen and Hanover with the loss of one crew member
Sgt G Dacey (RAFVR) was missing, presumed killed in action
Sgt Dacey has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
F/O GW Cross (RCAF), F/O AG Robertson (RCAF), WO2 GE Marion (RCAF), FS FDE Rae (RCAF), FS TM Laurie (RAFVR) and Sgt JJ Bromfield (RAFVR) baled and survived. All were taken as Prisoners of War
158 Squadron Halifax III MZ432 NP-Q F/O. Robertson, RAF Lissett, ...
Took off from Lissett at 17:01 in Halifax Mark III (Sqn code: NP-Q Bomber Command).
Others on the Aircraft
1945-01-06 RAFVR Sergeant John Joseph Bromfield PoW 2022-11-031945-01-06 RCAF Flying Officer Garfield Wallace Cross PoW 2022-11-03
1945-01-06 RAFVR Sergeant George Dacey KIA 2022-11-03
1945-01-06 RAFVR Flight Sergeant Thomas Murdoch Laurie PoW 2022-11-03
1945-01-06 RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Gerald Edward Marion PoW 2022-11-03
1945-01-06 RCAF Flight Sergeant James David Edward Rae PoW 2022-11-03
1945-01-06 RCAF Flying Officer Arthur Gold Robinson PoW 2022-11-03