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HX271
Halifax III HD-V
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| 2nd June 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| P/O A L Smith | F/S H C Evans | F/O D R Campbell | W/O M M Bettington | Sgt F W Sowerby | F/S V W Phillips | F/S L J Pulbrook | ||
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The tail wheel from HX271 is now being used on the Halifax reproduction at "The Yorkshire Air Museum" Elvington, Yorkshire, England |
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| Take Off :- 22:22 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Railway yards at Trappes | ||||||
| Details :- HX271 crashed at Dannemarie (Yvelines) 4km South South East of Houdan. | ||||||||
| 128 aircraft detailed for this mission, including 105 Halifax with the loss of 15 Halifax including HX242 and HX271 from 466 Squadron. | ||||||||
| Those of the crew who died are buried in Dreux Communal Cemetery. | ||||||||
| F/S Evans - PoW number is 158 in camp L7. | ||||||||
| F/O Campbell - PoW number is 5979 in camp L3. | ||||||||
| F/S Pulbrook - PoW number is 677 in camp L7. | ||||||||
If you have anything to add or talk about concerning this crew then please contact me on the address below, halifaxlv827@yahoo.co.uk |
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