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Halifax LK827 Information

Type Halifax
Serial Number LK827
Squadron 77
X1D KN-B
Operation Osnabruck
Date 1 6th December 1944
Date 2 7th December 1944

Further Information

Serial Range LK826 - LK850. 25 Halifax Mk.111. Part of a batch of 200 HP Halifax Mk.V/111. LK626-LK667; LK680- LK711; LK725-LK746 Mk.V; LK747-LK766; LK779-LK812; LK826-LK850; LK863-LK887 MK.111. Delivered by Fairey Aviation (Stockport) between 19Mar44 and 11Apr44. LK827 was initially issued to No.51 Sqdn. Airborne 1810 6Dec44 from Full Sutton. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. S/L Egan-Wyer had flown 45 operations. S/L B.O.Egan-wyer KIA Sgt J.Clayton KIA F/O L.M.Hessketh KIA P/O G.A.Jackson KIA F/S R.Youngs KIA F/S D.W.Mason KIA F/S W.Bernard KIA