Info needed on RAF Halifax EEP 23959...

[MW Giles]

I have LW430 crashing 22km N of Torgau

Would that coincide with where the vendor comes from?

Martin

[harrison987]

remains must have been recovered...as there was an article in Germany about the crash site.

[MW Giles]

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

[harrison987]

Thanks Martin...

Very sad...but glad the crew was finally laid to rest...

Mike

[Graham Boak]

Originally Posted by harrison987

Hey Graham!

Sadly, I never heard back from them.....

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.

[Trendle]

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

[harrison987]

Thanks for all the info Fred!!!



Mike