Memorial Handley Page Halifax Mk II DT774

On the night of March 12-13, 1943, the crew of the British Halifax bomber DT774 perished here.
The plane of the 78 Sqn RAF was shot down by Oblt. Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from the airport of Venlo.
The operation was a bombing raid on the Krupp factory in Essen, Germany.

Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. F.A. Marean R/107744 RCAF Uden War Cem 4 C 2
Flight engineer Sgt. C.G. Dyer 533448 RAF Uden War Cem 4 C 4
Navigator Sgt. H. Bentley 658077 RAF Uden War Cem 4 C 5
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.H. Gosnell 1586313 RAF Uden War Cem 4 C 6
Wireless op Sgt. W.J. McLelland 644941 RAF Uden War Cem 4 C 3
Air gunner Sgt. B.M. Singleton 975582 RAF Uden War Cem 4 C 1
Air gunner Sgt. G.E. Benson 1143366 RAF Uden War Cem 4 C 7

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Source

• Text: Jeroen Koppes + TracesOfWar
• Photos: RJ Army (1, 2, 3, 4), Jeroen Koppes (5)