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LV900
Halifax III HD-H
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24th March 1944 |
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| Pilot |  |
F/S
R L Robertson RAAF  |
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| Flight Engineer | |
Sgt
J Strathearn  |
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| Navigator |  |
F/S
H F Smith RAAF  |
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| Bomb Aimer | |
F/S
V W Bath RAAF  |
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| Wireless Operator & Air Gunner |  |
F/O
E Iveson RAAF  |
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| Mid Upper Gunner |  |
Sgt
H Hughes  |
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| Rear Gunner |  |
F/S
R I Cummings RAAF  |
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| Take off :- | 18:51 | Base :- | RAF Leconfield | Mission :- | Berlin | |||
| Details :- | LV900 was shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 4km North North West of Nordhausen. | |||||||
| All the crew were buried in Werne Roman Catholic Cemetery before being removed to the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery after the war. | ||||||||
Photograph
Of Sgt Harold Hughes kindly donated by Don Rashbrook. |
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Photograph
of F/S H F Smith coutesy of National Archives Australia. |
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Photograph
of F/O E Iveson and F/S R I Cummings courtesy of Australian War Memorial. |
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Any
further information then please contact me using the address below. |
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| halifaxlv827@yahoo.co.uk
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