LV875 Halifax III HD-F
  
10th April 1944
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  Pilot F/S J C Bond RAAF  
         
  Flight Engineer Sgt J A White  
         
  Navigator W/O J H Maunder RAAF  
         
  Bomb Aimer F/S J N Keys RAAF  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner F/S B L Sheean RAAF  
         
  Mid Upper Gunner Sgt D K Messenger  
         
  Rear Gunner  F/S C Y Warren RAAF  
       
Take off :- 20:58 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Tergnier
     
Details :- LV875 was shot down by a night-fighter flown by Lt. Josef Springer of 8/NJG4 and crashed near Rosieres-en-Santerre (Somme), 15km North West of Roye.
     
All the crew are buried in Meharicourt Communal Cemetery.
     
Apart from W/O Maunder all the crew were involved in a ditching less than a month previous.
     
Picture of F/S J C Bond courtesy of National Archives Australia.
Picture of W/O J H Maunder and F/S B L Sheean courtesy of Australian War Memorial.
     

 
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