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Old 6th February 2007, 04:01
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Re: 28 May 1944 Bourg Leopold attack

The following websites lists Halifax Bombers lost on Bourg-Leopold mission 28 May 1944. I have enter the first site in detail, the rest you can check by clicking on the site. Note the entry that is shown in detail is the only one listed as crashing at BUDEL

http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=51
Type Halifax
Serial Number LK811
Squadron 432
X1D QO-N
Operation Bourg-Leopold
Date 1 27th May 1944
Date 2 28th May 1944

"Serial Range LK779 - LK812. 34 Halifax Mk.111. Part of a batch of 200 HP Halifax Mk.V/111. LK626-LK667; LK680- LK711; LK725-LK746 Mk.V; LK747-LK766; LK779-LK812; LK826-LK850; LK863-LK887 Mk.111. Delivered by Fairey Aviation (Stockport) between 20Feb44 and 23Mar44.
Airborne 2350 27May44 from East Moor, tasked to bomb the military camp. Cause of loss not established. Crashed at Budel (Noord- Brabant), 9 km WNW of Weert, Holland. Sgt Clarke and both Air Gunners are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial; F/S Menzies is buried in the Canadian Cemetery at Groesbeek. F/S H.J.Menzies RCAF KIA Sgt R.S.Hall RCAF PoW Sgt J.Clarke KIA F/O J.Gouinlock RCAF Evd F/O D.E.Rutherford RCAF Evd Sgt W.S.Rowan PoW WO2 H.H.Rogers RCAF KIA Sgt T.F.McClay KIA Sgt R.S.Hall was interned in Camp L7, PoW No.115. Sgt W.S.Rowan initially evaded until captured in Antwerp 6Jun44 and interned in Camp L7, PoW No.129. "

http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=297
http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=1385
http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=1720 Lancaster
http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=4460
http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=6280
http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=7903
http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=9453
http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=11373
http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=7669 (Midair collision)
http://lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=7660 (Midair collision) Note: one entry shows ME295 the other shows MZ295

The following sites are Luftwaffe claims for 28.5.1944 Not sure if areas are right
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/augenstein.html (3 X Halifax)
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/rokker.html (1 X Halifax)
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/greiner.html (1 X Halifax)

Can only find one listing for a Luftwaffe shotdown on that date. Again I’m not sure if area is right
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/bock.html
Bock was shot down and killed on 28 May 1944, in aerial combat with USAAF P-51 fighters near Helmstedt. He baled out of his BF 109 G-6 (W.Nr. 441 324) “Black 6” but struck the tailplane of his aircraft.

Hope this may be of help/interest

Kind regards
Ross

Last edited by RossGmann; 6th February 2007 at 04:04. Reason: Typing error in date
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