LV879 Halifax, Pilot : Doig, J F/O RCAF. 43th shot down by fighter attack,
exploded in mid-air and was scattered in an area of 1 km around Altenbusek, near Giessen.
Crew on 2nd operation; 6 men killed 1 pow
PILOT: Canadian- F/O Doig,John
NAV: Canadian- F/O Mason,John Ross,Bailed out & Taken Prisioner
Air Bomber: Canadian- F/O Crosland,Alfred Hirst
W.Op/AG: RAF - SGT Stewart,Donald
Flt. Engr.: RAF - SGT Bolton,John Stanley
Air Gnr.: Canadian- SGT Atkins,Robert James
Air Gnr.: RAF - SGT Rogers,Thomas James
LW944 Halifax, Pilot : Metzler, H W S/L. 74th shot down by Schweinfurt flak &
crashed at Falkenstein, 15 km SE of Scheinfurt.
Crew on 23rd operation; 7 men killed.
RCAF 425 Squadron, Skipton-on-Swale.
12 Halifaxes dispatched, 10 Bombed, 1 missing. 7 men killed.
LW429 Halifax Sq . Pilot : Taylor, J R F/L. 83th shot down by fighter attack & crashed at Tauchersreuth,
10 km NE of Nuremburg. Crew on 7th operation. This aircraft is believed to have shot down the
Me109 which was attacking it.
DS852 Lancaster, Pilot : Douglass, R G F/S pow. 64th shot down by fighter attack & crashed at Brotterode,
15 km SE of Eisenach. Crew on 2nd operation; 2 men killed 5 PoW.
LV898 Halifax 427 Sq RCAF. Pilot : Bissett, J M S/L DFM. Shot down by night fighter &
crashed at Herhahn, 65 km SW of Euskirchen. Crew on 4th operation of 2nd tour; 8 men killed.
LW618 Halifax 427 Sq RCAF. Pilot : McPhee, W N F/O. Shot down by night fighter &
crashed at Hohenroth, near Bad Neustadt. Crew on 1st operation; 7 men killed.
LV923 Halifax I 427 Sq RCAF. Pilot : Laird, G J S/L. Take-off from Leeming. & crashed, after a mid air
collision with 622 Sqdn Lancaster ND767, at Rachecourt, 13 km SW of Arlon, Belgium.
Crew on an average of 15th operation, 7 men killed, 1 evaded.
LK800 Halifax 429 Sq RCAF. Pilot : Bowly, K H P/O pow. Take-off from . Shot down by night fighter &
crashed at Weiler-la-Tour, 8 km SE of Luxemburg City. Crew on 17th operation; 2 evaded, 5 PoW.
LK804 Halifax 429 Sq RCAF. Pilot : Wilson, J H F/O. Take-off from Leeming. Attacked by night fighter &
crashed into the English Channel after running out of fuel. Remainder of crew rescued and returned to England.
LW682 Halifax 432 Sq RCAF. Pilot : Narum, C R F/O. Shot down by night fighter & crashed at Grossmaidscheid,
10 km NW of Coblenz. Crew on 5th operation; 4 men killed 3 PoW.
LK754 Halifax 432 Sq RCAF. Pilot : Reid, E K F/O. Shot down by night fighter & crashed on a railway line
south of Freidburg, 7 km N of Frankfurt. Crew on 10th operation; 3 men killed 4 Pow.
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