HX271 Halifax III HD-V
  
2nd June 1944
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P/O A L Smith RAAF

Sgt F W Sowerby

F/O D R Campbell RAAF - P.O.W.

F/S H C Evans RAAF - P.O.W.

W/O M M Bettington RAAF

F/S V W Phillips RAAF

F/S L J Pulbrook RAAF - P.O.W.

 

  
P/O Smith. Sgt Sowerby. F/O Campbell. F/S Evans. W/O M M Bettington. F/S Phillips. F/S Pulbrook.
 
Take off :- 22:22 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Railway yards at Trappes
 
Details :- HX271 crashed at Dannemarie (Yvelines) 4km South South East of Houdan.
 

The tail wheel from HX271 is now being used on the Halifax reproduction at "The Yorkshire Air Museum" Elvington, Yorkshire, England
 
Those of the crew who died are buried in Dreux Communal Cemetery.
 
 
F/O Campbell - PoW number is 5979 in camp Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria
 
F/S Evans - PoW number is 158 in camp Stalag Luft Bankau-Kreulberg
 
F/S Pulbrook - PoW number is 677 in camp Stalag Luft Bankau-Kreulberg
 
 
 

 
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