HX236 Halifax III HD-J
  
20th December 1943
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  Pilot F/O J Scales  
         
  Flight Engineer Sgt T G Townson  
         
  Navigator F/S W Ferris  
         
  Bomb Aimer Sgt R T H Headford  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner F/S J R G Matthews  
         
  Mid Upper Gunner F/S A M Le Grand RAAF  
         
  Rear Gunner  P/O R H H Lunniss  
       
Take off :- 17:03 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Frankfurt
     
Details :- HX236 is believed to have crashed in the vacinity of Wiesbaden, shot down by Hptm Wilhelm Herget from stab 1/NJG4.
     
All the crew were originally buried in Winzenheim before being re-buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery.
     
Picture of FS J R G Matthews kindly donated by his Grandson Stephen Bath.
  Picture of Sgt T G Townson kindly donated by Mike Townson.
     

 
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