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Old 13th June 2018, 04:10
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

Hello Rolland,
Many thanks for the newspaper cutting.
What are/were the chances of the twin being in the Army unit that freed the pow camp he was in ?
Thousands to one I bet.
I looked for an MACR but was unsuccessful.
Have you tried, you are much better at finding information than I.
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Old 13th June 2018, 04:15
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

Alex, there would not be a MACR. This was not a AAF plane nor an AAF unit operating the plane.
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Old 13th June 2018, 19:11
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

Hello Rolland,
Thanks for the reply.
There are MACR's that involved Halifax and Lancaster's , for example Lancaster DV308, MACR9619 and Halifax LW427 MACR 8712, just to name two.
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Old 13th June 2018, 19:53
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

Alex, in both examples you list, the Army Air Force members were on detached service (DS) from a parent USAAF unit and the parent unit did the MACR. So the AAF did do MACRs in some circumstances involving RAF planes and crews. Thanks for the correction. I am thinking that in Roberts case, he was not yet officially in any AAF unit, so there was no "parent" unit to take-on the responsibility.

A little on Ray Jay Gile, involved in MACR 8712.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gile-59
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Old 14th June 2018, 03:01
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

Hello Rolland,
I would agree that it may have been due to him not yet been allocated to a specific U S Unit .
Many thanks for the other link, it may well be helpful to any future request.
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Old 16th May 2019, 22:44
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

Hi Alex,

Just read in this thread that there's a MACR for 420 Squadron Halifax LW427 (MACR 8712), lost on 24-25 February 1944. Do you have this MACR (I'm trying to establish the exact time when this aircraft was shot down, hope that the MACR gives these details).

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Old 17th May 2019, 01:31
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

Theo,
Last known time and location of Halifax III LW427/C is given as 1815 at Tholthorpe, which was the place of departure. Target Schweinfurt. Cause is given as "Cause unknown. 1 unidentified aircraft seen to crash over target and explode." Pilot F/O Henry Maynard Long. Gile was navigator. Intended course out and back is given; do you need that?

And that is it, which doesn't tell you the location of the crash, other than Schweinfurt.

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Old 17th May 2019, 19:04
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

Hello and good evening Frank,

Thanks for sharing these details; regrettably the MACR does not state a time of loss, which is the missing link that I'm after ..

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Old 18th May 2019, 01:23
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

In the RCAF casualty file, LW-427 came down at Ostelsheim

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Old 18th May 2019, 11:01
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Re: crash location 51 Sqn Halifax HR852, 11-12 June 1943?

Thanks Richard -I have the details from the RCAF casualty files, but failed to find a firm match to a German night fighter claim.

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