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

 
         
  Flight Engineer Sgt F W Sowerby
         
  Navigator F/O D R Campbell RAAF - P.O.W.
The tail wheel from HX271 is now being used on the Halifax reproduction at "The Yorkshire Air Museum" Elvington, Yorkshire, England
           
  Bomb Aimer F/S H C Evans RAAF - P.O.W.  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner W/O M M Bettington RAAF  
         
  Mid Upper Gunner F/S V W Phillips RAAF  
         
  Rear Gunner  F/S L J Pulbrook RAAF - P.O.W.  
       
Take off :- 22:22 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Railway yards at Trappes
     
Details :- HX271 crashed at Dannemarie (Yvelines) 4km South South East of Houdan.
     
   

 

 
     
    Those of the crew who died are buried in Dreux Communal Cemetery.
     
    F/O Campbell - PoW number is 5979 in camp L3.
    F/S Evans - PoW number is 158 in camp L7.
    F/S Pulbrook - PoW number is 677 in camp L7.
     
     

 
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