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Halifax LL138 Information
Type
Halifax
Serial Number
LL138
Squadron
77
X1D
KN-N
Operation
Orleans
Date 1
22nd May 1944
Date 2
23rd May 1944
Further Information
"Serial Range LL112 - LL153. 42 Halifax Mk.V. Part of a batch of 480 HP Halifax Mk.V/111. LK890-LK932;
LK945- LK976; LK988-LK999; LL112-LL153; LL167-LL198; LL213-LL258; LL270- LL312; LL325-LL367;
LL380-LL423; LL437-LL469; LL481-LL521; LL534- LL542 Mk.V; LL543-LL559; LL573-LL615 Mk.111.
Delivered by Rootes Securities Ltd. (Speke) between 6Nov43 and 12Dec43. Airborne 2340 22May44 from
Full Sutton to bomb the rail facilities. Cause of loss not established. Crashed at Seris (Loir-et-Cher), 23 km NE
of Blois. Those killed in the crash are buried in Seris Communal Cemetery. Sgt Hale was badly wounded and
died of his injuries 22Jun44; he is buried at Nantes (Pont-du-Cens) Communal Cemetery. W/O Haworth was
repatriated, arriving in Liverpool aboard the SS Letitia 2Feb45. W/O G.T.Haworth PoW Sgt R.A.Rose KIA Sgt
C.T.Hale Inj also initialled G.I.Hale F/O A.M.Beatty RCAF KIA Sgt R.G.James KIA F/S R.J.Peggs RCAF KIA
Sgt J.D.Taylor PoW W/O G.T.Haworth was interned in Camp L7, PoW No.83. Repatriated 2Feb45, aboard
RMS Letitia. Sgt C.T.Hale died of his injuries 22Jun44. Sgt J.D.Taylor in Camp L7, PoW No.61 "