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Handley Page Halifax VII (NP711 EQ-O) on a mission to Worms on 1945-02-22 crashed near Leistadt/Germany. More info at: https://www.forfreedom.ca/?p=3474
Crash occurred 2km west of Leistadt, Germany. Never reached target of Worms, Germany.
Aircraft remains recovered in 2018.
Crash occurred on Feb. 21, 1945, not Feb. 22.
See first photo attached: IDs from left: RCAF rear gunner Donald Sherman, Navigator Reginald Smith, bomber William James Gilmore, Pilot Donald McWilliam Sanderson, Wireless Operator William W. Wagner and dorsal gunner Nels Andersen. Not pictured is engineer James Wilson, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve.
- Sanderson, Donald McWilliam, Flt. Lt., Service Nr. J/29724, RCAF
- Anderson, Nels Peter Helin, Pilot Officer, Service Nr. C/95210, RCAF, Son of Hans Peter and Hulda Anderson, of Woodside, Manitoba, Canada.
- Gilmore, William James. Flying Officer, Service Nr. J37870, RCAF, Son of Wiliam James Gilmore and Faith Clark Gilmore, husband of Helen Neal Gilmore
- Smith, Reginald Bertram. Flying Officer, Service Nr. J/38711, RCAF, Son of Thomas B. Smith and Catherine Monica Smith, of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Wagner, William Wallace. Pilot Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.), Service Nr. J/95503, RCAF, Son of Robert H. Wagner and Beryl Wagner, of Napanee, Ontario Canada
- Wilson, James. Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), Service Nr. 1822188, RAF, Son of Thomas Wilson and Janet K. Wilson, of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Sherman, Donald Edison, Flt. Sgt., Service Nr. J/95492, RCAF
An intersting doc about the Halifax:
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