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Halifax HX173 Information

Type	Halifax
Serial Number	HX173
Squadron	102
X1D	DY-N
Operation	Hannover
Date 1	8th October 1943
Date 2	9th October 1943

Further Information

"Serial Range HX147 - HX191. 45 Halifax Mk.11. Part of a batch of 150 HP Halifax Mk.11/111. HX147-HJX191; HX222- HX225 Mk.11. HX226-HX247; HJX265-HX296; HX311;HX357 Mk.111. Delivered by Handley Page (Cricklewood & Radlett) between 11Aug43 and 24Sep43. Airborne 2250 8Oct43 from Pocklington.Cause of loss not established. Crashed 0120 some 2 km S of Lichtenhorst, 7 km N of Steimbke. Those killed were buried 10Oct43 at Lichtenhorst. Their graves are now located in Hannover War Cemetery. F/S R.Ellis KIA Sgt T.G.Palgrave KIA Sgt H.F.Rowlatt PoW Sgt J.Mason PoW Sgt J.Woollerton PoW Sgt J.Mc.N.Buchanan PoW Sgt S.Williams KIA Sgt I.Mc.N.Buchanan was interned in Camps 4B/L3. PoW No.259853 with Sgt J.Woollerton, PoW No.259925. Sgt J.Mason in Camp 4B, PoW No.259886 with Sgt H.F.Rowlatt, PoW No.259906. "