Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II LW328,
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Date:Thursday 18 November 1943
Time:20:16 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: LW328
MSN: VR-L
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Frechen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Middleton St George, Durham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Iced up, hit by heavy Flak.

Target: Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Takeoff time: 16:55
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Arthur Louis Sedgwick RCAF R/141113 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Edward Kenneth Canny RAF 1498360 [PoW]
Crew : Sergeant Kenneth Walter Dingley RAF 1579256 [PoW]
Crew : Flying Officer Edgar Robert Hoe RCAF J/20967 [PoW]
Crew : Sergeant Douglas Murray Johnston RCAF R/188474 [PoW]
Crew : Sergeant Neil McVicar RCAF R/190185 [PoW]
Crew : Sergeant James Pappas RCAF R/160484 [PoW]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW328
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Nov-2018 10:35 TigerTimon Added
19-Nov-2018 11:34 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
18-Nov-2023 08:52 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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