HX337
Halifax III HD-W
Pictures
courtesy of National Archives Australia.
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HX337
Halifax III HD-W
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| 22nd April 1944 | ||||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Flight Engineer | Mid Upper Gunner | Rear Gunner | ||
| F/O W N T Russell DFC | F/S G B Hall | W/O D Purcell | F/O R Sigmont | Sgt G P Holder | F/S C R Draper | F/S W M Cashman DFM | ||
| RAAF | RAAF - evaded | RAAF - P.o.W. | RAAF - evaded | P.o.W. | RCAF - P.o.W. | RAAF | ||
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| Take Off :- 22:16 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Dusseldorf | ||||||
| Details :- HX337 crashed in the vicinity of Basses-Arches (Namur), 16km East South East of Namur, Belgium after being shot down by a night-fighter, however, other reports say that HX337 collided with another aircraft and lost its tail-section. | ||||||||
| 596 aircraft detailed for the mission with the loss of 16 Halifax and 13 Lancaster aircraft. | ||||||||
| Those who died were buried in Le Culot Cemetery before being re-buried in Heverlee War Cemetery after the war, their citation for their awards praises their determination and courage during recent operations to Stuttgart. | ||||||||
| Sgt Holder - PoW number is 3586 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
| W/O Purcell - PoW number is 3676 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
| F/S Draper - PoW number is 3571 in camps L6/357. | ||||||||
| Both evaders reached home in the September. | ||||||||
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