Hi,
On ebay there are photos for sale of the remains of a Halifax. According the text with the photos this aircraft was shot down the 18th of January 1943. One of the photos also shows Helmut Lent. Is there any one who knows the ID of this Halifax and its location?
Regards,
Mathieu.
By: Sonderman - 30th December 2011 at 20:24
Hi Ian,
Thanks for your reply. No idea if Lent was the pilot who downed this halifax but a photo of him was together with the photos of the wreck. I hesitate to post a link because there are also several photos of the bodies of the killed crewmembers. The photos shows clearly that the halifax crashed on a beach, text with the photos indicated that it is possible that it was the island vlieland.
regards,
Mathieu.
By: Ian Hunt - 27th December 2011 at 21:39
Halifax, 18/1/1943
Hi Mathieu
According to Peter Hinchliffe’s “The Lent Papers” (good book) Lent shot down a Lancaster on 8/1/1943 then a Wellington on 21st. Nothing listed on 18th.
Chorley’s “Bomber Command Losses” for 1943 lists 3 Halifaxes lost on the night of 17/18th January, all on ops to Berlin:
– one from 35 Sqn (Mk II, W7886, TL-C, S/L I M R Brownlie and crew, crashed in the sea, 3 PoW, 4 killed);
– two from 76 Sqn (Mk II, DT569, MP-C, Sgt D A Gold, shot down by flak on the outskirts of Hamburg, 7 killed; and Mk II, DT647, MP-P, Capt B H Naess RNAF, lost without trace, 7 killed)
Any help? Photo maybe therefore of Sgt Gold’s a/c?
Regards
Ian
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