HX293 Halifax III HD-F
  
15th February 1944
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  Pilot F/S J D Wormald RAAF  
         
  Flight Engineer Sgt J T Darwood  
         
  Navigator F/S F K Williams RAAF  
         
  Bomb Aimer F/S C Sheldon RAAF  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner F/S H C L Thomas RAAF  
         
  Mid Upper Gunner Sgt R J Newell RAAF  
         
  Rear Gunner  F/S T F Eastcott RAAF  
       
Take off :- 17:11 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Berlin
     
Details :- HX293 was shot down by a night-fighter flown by Lt Kurt Matzak NJG1 and crashed at Opende (Groningen), 32km West South West from Groningen, Holland.
     
All of the crew are buried in Grootegast (Opende) Protestant Churchyard.
     
The engine numbers on HX293 were:- Port Outer - SS15242/A582222, Port Inner - SS18273/A387224, Starboard Inner - SS17935/A386933, Starboard Outer - SS18199/A287197.
     
     

 
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