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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HR807 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langenberg, Velbert, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, UK |
Hit by heavy Flak units.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: LQ-G
Takeoff time: 22:48
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Gabriell Emile Joseph Lebihan RCAF R/113437 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Holmes RAFVR 977737 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer George Stephen Wilson RCAF J/14175 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Leonard Samuel Percy Dalton RCAF J/20264 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Charles Frederick Sovereign RCAF R/52211 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 July, 1943) [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Clayton Maracle RCAF R/139351 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Young Houston RCAF R/90327 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 November, 1939) [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR807
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2018 16:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-May-2024 11:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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