LV919 Halifax III HD-O
  
12th May 1944
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  Pilot F/S L V Barnett RAAF  
         
  Flight Engineer Sgt A M Berry Memorial to the crew of LV919 at Zondereigen.
         
  Navigator F/O G P Pinn RAAF  
           
  Bomb Aimer F/S H J Smith RAAF    
           
 

Wireless Operator & Air Gunner

 F/S W K Gertzel RAAF    
           
  Mid Upper Gunner F/S W A Gillard RAAF    
           
  Rear Gunner  F/O L E J F Chinnery RAAF  
       
Take off :- 21:51 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Hasselt
     
Details :- LV919 was shot down by Hptm Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer NJG1, crashing 00:44 at Zondereigen (Antwerpen) 10km North North West of Turnhout near the border with Holland.
     
All the crew were buried in Fort 3 Antwerp Cemetery before being re-buried in Antwerp Schoonselhof in 1946.
     
Picture of F/S L V Barnett courtesy of National Archives Australia.
Picture of F/S W K Gillard courtesy of Australian War Memorial.
Picture of Hptm H.W. Schnaufer from Aces of the Luftwaffe
     

 
Any further information then please contact me using the address below.
 
halifaxlv827@yahoo.co.uk