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Halifax R9457 Information

Type	Halifax
Serial Number	R9457
Squadron	76
X1D	MP-A
Operation	Bremen
Date 1	3rd June 1942
Date 2	4th June 1942

Further Information

"Serial Range R9418 - R9457. 40 Halifax Mk.11. Part of a batch of 100 HP59 Halifax Mk.11. R9363-R9392; R9418- R9457; R9482-R9498; R9528-R9540. R9534 became the Mk.111 prototype. Delivered by Handley Page (Cricklewood & Radlett), between 4Jan42 and 16Feb42. R9457 was one of three No.76 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation. See: W1035; W1104. Airborne 2316 3Jun42 from Middleton St.George. Shot down by a night- fighter (Hptm Helmut Lent, 11./NJG2) and crashed at St-Maartensvlotbrug (Noord Holland), 16 km NNW of Alkmaar. F/S Stell and Sgt Metcalfe have no known graves; the others killed are buried in Bergen General Cemetery. F/S J.W.Stell KIA Sgt D.H.Nelson PoW Sgt W.Archer KIA Sgt R.C.Cockburn PoW Sgt D.P.Brooks KIA Sgt C.R.Metcalfe KIA Sgt R.Greenwood KIA Sgt R.C.Cockburn was interned in Camps L3/L6/L4/357, PoW No 490. Sgt D.H.Nelson in Camps L3/357, PoW No.516. "