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About a Halifax shot down on 22/23 May 1944 near Blois
About a Halifax shot down on 22/23 May 1944 near Blois
I am searching any details, infos concerning the German pilot who shot down a Halifax on 22/23 May 1944 near Blois. I am studying this crash. The pilot I met always related about a FW 190 (?!)and, Midnight or 1 AM. Who could have response ?? I do not find . Did the Luftwaffe pilot went down after his victory ?? Merci Phil. |
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Re: About a Halifax shot down on 22/23 May 1944 near Blois
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=2344
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 " |
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