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Originally Posted by Kyt  Halifax MZ647 DY-R
Mission tp Russelsheim
Cause of loss and crashsite not established.
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297 aircraft - 191 Lancasters, 96 Halifaxes, 10 Mosquitos - to Rüsselsheim. 13 Lancasters and 7 Halifaxes lost, 6.7 per cent of the force. The target for this raid was the Opel motor factory and normal Pathfinder marking methods were used. The motor factory was only slightly damaged; the local report states that the tyre and dispatch departments and the powerhouse were hit but most of the bombs fell in open countryside south of the target.
There appears to be a couple of people on the web who are trying to establish exactly how and where this aircraft was lost but without results so far |
Hi Kyt,
Thanks mate, very detailed.
Where does Finney come into this?
Cheers
Geoff