karl kj (no login) 69.198.134.66 | LW435 | September 16 2006, 12:28 AM |
Here is spme info I found on www.lostbombers.co.uk.
Hope it helps, Cheerrs, Karl Kj
Halifax LW435 Information
Type Halifax
Serial Number LW435
Squadron 424
X1D QB-R
Operation Berlin
Date 1 24th March 1944
Date 2 25th March 1944
Further Information
"Serial Range LW412 - LW446. 35 Halifax Mk.111. Part of a batch of 360 HP61 Halifax B.11/B.111. LW223-LW246; LW259- LW301; LW313-LW345 (100) B.11; LW346-LW348; LW361-LW397; LW412- LW446; LW459-LW481; LW495-LW522; LW537-LW559; LW572-LW598; LW613- LW658; LW671-LW696; LW713-LW724 (260) B.111. Delivered by English Electric Co. (Salmesbury & Preston) between 29Nov43 and 22Dec43. Airborne 1832 24Mar44 from Skipton-on-Swale. Homebound, shot down between Olfen and Datteln. The two airmen killed in the crash were originally buried 26Mar44 at Olfen. Their graves are now located in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. F/O W.E.Krampe RCAF KIA Sgt J.L.MacKintosh PoW F/O A.G.Fleming RCAF PoW F/S W.G.Tillman RCAF KIA Sgt L.G.Jewell RCAF PoW Sgt E.G.Evans RCAF PoW Sgt R.D.Wilson RCAF PoW Sgt E.G.Evans was interned in Camps L6/357, PoW No.3365 with Sgt J.L.MacKintosh, PoW No.3372. F/O A.G.Fleming in Camp L1, PoW No.3989 with P/O L.G.Jewell, PoW No.3999 and Sgt R.D.Wilson, PoW No.3851 (Commissioned in the rank of P/O during captivity). "
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