NR132 Halifax III HD-Z
  
4th November 1944
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  Pilot P/O N C R Dodgson RAAF - P.O.W.  
         
  Flight Engineer Sgt F Caffrey  
         
  Navigator F/S E M Ryder RAAF  
         
  Bomb Aimer F/S H J Tolhurst RAAF  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner W/O E A McCasker RAAF  
         
  Mid Upper Gunner F/S J S McLay RAAF  
         
  Rear Gunner  W/O R D Stopher RAAF  
       
Take off :- 17:17 Base :- RAF Driffield Mission :- Bochum
     
Details :- Shot down by Hptm Heinz Rokker near Julich on the outskirts of Cologne on the return from Bochum at approx 20:00.
 
P/O Dodgson was badly injured with 2 broken wrists and a fractured neck, his injuries were only crudely set before he was dispatched to a PoW camp.
3 of the crew also parachuted from the aircraft but were shot once they landed.
     
Those of the crew who died were buried in Dueren New Cemetery before being re-buried in 1949 to Rheinberg War Cemetery.
     
P/O Dodgson - PoW number is 13034 in camp 6G.
     
Picture of P/O N C R Dodgson kindly donated by Phillip Dodgson.
Picture of Heinz Rokker from Aces of the Luftwaffe
     
     

 
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