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Re: Info needed on RAF Halifax EEP 23959...
I have LW430 crashing 22km N of Torgau
Would that coincide with where the vendor comes from? Martin |
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Re: Info needed on RAF Halifax EEP 23959...
remains must have been recovered...as there was an article in Germany about the crash site.
Last edited by harrison987; 6th April 2023 at 17:49. |
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Re: Info needed on RAF Halifax EEP 23959...
See link
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/07402.php There was a BBC news item on it but it is no longer on their website Martin |
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Re: Info needed on RAF Halifax EEP 23959...
Thanks Martin...
Very sad...but glad the crew was finally laid to rest... Mike |
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Re: Info needed on RAF Halifax EEP 23959...
I'm sorry you didn't get any help from my ex-colleagues, but is three days really long enough to count as "never"? This is not a business nor public service, but a collection of ex-employees given space and access to old files, attending whenever they can find the time. Possibly the person with knowledge of the Halifax production data simply hasn't been in on those days to pick up the request. I'm afraid I haven't been involved personally, but I have seen photos published that I know were requested by external individuals.
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Re: Info needed on RAF Halifax EEP 23959...
Hello Mike,
are you searching for that Halifax? 640. Sqn. (RAF) / Handley Page Halifax Mk. III / # LW430 / Operation Berlin / Shot by Bf 109 - Oberleutnant Seeler - 5./JG 302 / Attempted emergency landing / Contact with trees / Crashed near the “Gerbismühle” near Gerbisbach, south of Jessen (Elster - Sachsen-Anhalt) - Germany / Pilot Officer William Collins McLeod / 7 KIA (In 2003, the working group "Missing Persons Research Saxony-Thuringia" found the crash site. The crew members were rescued and now rest in the military cemetery in Berlin) Cheers Fred |
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Re: Info needed on RAF Halifax EEP 23959...
Thanks for all the info Fred!!!
Mike |
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