Handley Page Halifax III (NR121 MP-E) on a mission to Worms on 1945-02-22
On Wednesday, 21 February 1945, (a part of) the aircraft of the 76 squadron (RCAF), took off for a mission to Worms in Germany from a station (airfield) in or near Holme on Spalding Moor.
One of the crew members was Flight Sergeant J J McNeil RCAF. He departed for his mission at 16:49.
He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type III, with serial NR121 and code MP-E). His mission and of the other crew members was planned for Thursday, 22 February 1945.
This plane crashed 200m West of Hohen-Sulzen shortly before midnight 21st February 1945. The crew were
Harold Ball - Pilot RCAF
William Brown Mallen - Navigator RCAF
James Faulkner RAFVR - Engineer
John Pennington - Gunner RCAF
John James McNeill - Gunner
Eric Boydell - W/Op RAFVR
Wilfred Phillips - Bomb Aimer RCAF
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