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11/3-44 138 Sqdn
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Owner/operator:138 (Special Duties) Sqn

RAFRegistration:LL307MSN:NF-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 9 /
Occupants: 10
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage:Destroyed
Location:near the Groeneweg road, Stavenisse, Zeeland -  Netherlands
Phase:Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire, UK
Destination airport:Narrative:
Engaged in Operation Rodrigo 1 and Osric 77, dropping weapons and special agents for the Belgian resistance.

The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hptm. Strüning & Oblt. Apel, who were flying Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+KL from Venlo airfield. This was Struning's 46th credited victory.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Thomas Morgan Thomas RAFVR 168842 (NCO:1387964 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 January, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Eric Parry RAFVR 1862502 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Derrick Albert John Smith DFC RAFVR 158984 (NCO:657016 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 November, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Leslie Victor Warboys RAFVR 131987 (NCO:658869 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 December, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Eric Nelson RAFVR 183617 (NCO:1077609 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 October, 1944) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Keith Robert Vincent RAFVR 1336764 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Albert Vick RAFVR 2209015 [Killed]
Passenger : Sergeant H Filot (Agent) [Killed]
Passenger : Sergeant G Masereel (Agent) [PoW]
Passenger : Sergeant L Stroobants (Agent) [Killed]

The Halifax crew are all buried at the Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland (51.502028 / 4.332920)

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