HX293
Halifax III HD-F
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HX293
Halifax III HD-F
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| 15th February 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| F/S J D Wormald | F/S C Sheldon | F/S F K Williams | F/S H C L Thomas | Sgt J T Darwood | Sgt R J Newell | F/S T F Eastcott | ||
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| 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. | ||||||||
| 891 aircraft detailed for this mission, 314 of them being Halifax, 17 Halifax were lost. | ||||||||
| 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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