NP975 Halifax III HD-H

  
22nd December 1944
                 
Pilot Bomb Aimer Navigator Wireless Operator Flight Engineer Mid Upper Gunner Rear Gunner  
                 
  F/O R F Feilberg F/O A Wood F/O L A Walker F/O W A R Hanson Sgt B S Chard F/S B W Horrocks F/S C O J Scafe  
  RAAF RAAF - P.o.W. RAAF - P.o.W. RAAF - P.o.W. P.o.W. RAAF - P.o.W. RAAF - P.o.W.  
               
                 
   
                 
                 
  Take Off :- 15:12   Base:- RAF Driffield   Mission:- Bingen  
                 
  Details:- NP975 was attacked by a Ju88-G flown by Ltn Peter Spoden from 6/NJG6 and caught fire, with the aircraft vibrating badly and on fire the crew were ordered to bale out. The aircraft crashed approx 10 miles south of St Vith near Winterspelt.  
                 
  F/O Feilberg rests in Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium.  
         
  F/O Walker - PoW camp was L3.    
  Sgt Chard - PoW camp was L1.          
  F/S Horrocks - PoW camp was L1.          
               
  Picture of F/O R F Feilberg courtesy of National Archives Australia.  
   Picture of F/S C O J Scafe courtesy of Australian War Memorial.  
               
 

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