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Crash site of Halifax DT734-KN-J
10/03/1943

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 77 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: DT734-KN-J
Base: Elvington
Mission: Munchen
Crew officer: Sqn Ldr John Robert Sage
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Hainaut)

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Facts

The aircraft departed Elvington 22:00. In return, he incurs a loss of oil and is attacked by a night fighter. The Fl / Off Kenneth Alexander Adams was killed. The pilot, Sqn Ldr John Robert Wise and P / off Dennis Walter Bateman are taken prisoner.
The others manage to escape: the Fl / Lt Bryan Barker, Sgt Mr. Crabtree (be back in England October 6, 1944 via Belgium, Switzerland and France - SPG?), And Sgt Bernard JI Walker (who after a time interned in Spain in Alhama de Aragon, leaving Gibraltar by plane May 17, 1943 to arrive at Mount Batten in England the next day - GSP 3313/1208). Sgt Morris DL, first escaped, will be arrested in Bordeaux May 21, 1943 in the sector "Jackson" Prosper Dezitter and interned at Camp 4B - prisoner No. 222747.
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Sources:
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The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
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