MZ283 Halifax III HD-F
  
7th June 1944
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  Pilot F/S W R Pearce RAAF  
         
  Flight Engineer Sgt K B Woodman  
         
  Navigator W/O J W Godfrey RAAF  
         
  Bomb Aimer F/S P B Giles RAAF  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner F/S W N Heywood RAAF  
         
  Mid Upper Gunner F/S J R Cottle RAAF  
         
  Rear Gunner F/S R Beard RAAF  
          
  Take off :- 22:48 Base :- RAF Driffield Mission :- Juvisy
     
Details :- MZ283 crashed at Illeville-Sur-Monfort (Eure) 6km North East of Monfort-Sur-Risle.
     
All the crew are buried at Illeville-Sur-Monfort.
     
Picture of F/S Robert Beard kindly supplied by Mark Beard.
Picture of F/S W N Heywood courtesy of Australian War Memorial.
     
     

 
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