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HX273
Halifax III HD-W
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20th December 1943 |
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F/S P J Edwards RAAF Sgt R S Hall - P.O.W. F/S B G Brett RAAF - P.O.W. F/S R S Parsons RAAF - P.O.W. F/O B Loane RAAF - P.O.W. F/S F S Cahir RAAF - P.O.W. Sgt R E F Spalding - P.O.W. |
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 F/S P J Edwards. 
Sgt Hall. F/S Brett.
F/S Parsons. F/O Loane. 
F/S F S Cahir. Sgt Spalding. |
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| Take off :- | 16:48 | Base :- | RAF Leconfield | Mission :- | Frankfurt | |
| Details :- | HX273 was shot down by a night-fighter. With the aircraft difficult to control F/S Edwards managed to hold the aircraft steady enough for the rest of the crew to parachute out. The plane crashed near the village of Beltershausen in Germany. | |||||
| F/S Edwards is buried in the Hannover War Cemetery. | ||||||
| Sgt Hall - PoW number is 267451, he was in Stalag Muhlberg-Elbe. | ||||||
| F/S Brett - PoW number is 267437, he was in Stalag Muhlberg-Elbe. | ||||||
| F/S Parsons - PoW number is 269796, he was in Stalag Muhlberg-Elbe. | ||||||
| F/O Loane - PoW number is 3263, he was in Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria. | ||||||
| F/S Cahir - PoW number is 267500, he was in Stalag Muhlberg-Elbe. | ||||||
| Sgt Spalding - PoW number is 267480, he was in Stalag Muhlberg-Elbe. | ||||||
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