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Mission: Wuppertal

Date: 24/25th June 1943 (Thursday/Friday)

Unit: No. 405 Squadron

Type: Halifax II

Serial: HR816

Code: LQ-C

Base: R.A.F. Gransden Lodge

Location: Kempen, near Wassenberg

Pilot: Sgt. P. Andrews POW No: 6471 Camp: Sagan and Belaria - broke both ankles

Fl/Eng: Sgt. Charles William Patterson Price R/60745 R.C.A.F. Age 22. Killed

Nav: Sgt. Glyn Jones R.A.F.V.R. POW No: 181 Camp: Stalag Luft Heydekrug and Stalag Kopernikus (1)

Air/Bmr: Fl/Sgt. W.Kingsley R.C.A.F. POW No: 189 Camp: Stalag Luft Heydekrug and Stalag Kopernikus

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. F.Bowker R.A.F.V.R. POW No:76 Camp: Stalag Luft Heydekrug and Stalag Kopernikus

Air/Gnr: Sgt. Gordon C. Tisbury R.A.F.V.R. POW No: 70 Camp: Stalag Luft Heydekrug and Stalag Kopernikus

Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Joseph Wendelin Kucinsky R/141400 R.C.A.F. Age 20. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Took off at 22.46 hrs from R.A.F. Gransden Lodge to attack Wuppertal on the Ruhr.

630 aircraft taking part in this operation, which devastated the Elberfeld region of the city. 171 industrial buildings and around 3,000 houses were destroyed, a further 53 industrial and 2,500 houses severely damaged. Deaths on the ground amounted to 1,800 people killed and 2,400 injured. The attack was made with incendiary bombs totalling some 330,000 and 815.7 tons of high explosive. Flak was heavy over the target and night fighters were also encountered.

The attack was considered to be very successful despite 34 aircraft failing to return.

Halifax HR816 was attacked and shot down by Maj. Werner Streib (2) of Stab I/NJG1 at 00.51 hrs with the intercept at 6,000 mtrs. - See more at: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1943/5/andrewsp.html#sthash.bZvKnxoV.dpuf