HX273 Halifax III HD-W
  
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.

 
F/S P J Edwards. Sgt Hall. F/S Brett. F/S Parsons. F/O Loane. F/S F S Cahir. Sgt Spalding.
 
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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