Halifax HR834 damaged by flak, returned to Snaith airfield.

This aircraft took off from Snaith at 23.29hrs on 22nd June 1943 to undertake an operational flight to bomb Mulheim. While on the run up to the target and while flying at 18,000ft this aircraft was hit from above by incendiaries dropped by an aircraft flying higher. Damage was caused to both main planes and the open bomb doors were also hit. The crew released their bomb load at 01.27hrs and made for home. The aircraft was also hit by flak. The crew were able to bring the aircraft safely back to base and landed at Snaith in the early hours of 23rd June 1943 at 04.35hrs. It was later found that a high explosive bomb had struck the leading edge of the starboard mainplane and bounced off; a narrow escape.

Pilot - Sgt Albert Frank Gregory RAFVR (1314252).

Navigator - Sgt Henry Gardner RAFVR (1349554).

Bomb Aimer - Sgt Douglas Rowbotham RAF (658656), of West Hartlepool, Co.Durham.

Wireless Operator - Sgt Sydney John Passey RAFVR (656720), of Twickenham, Middlesex.

Flight Engineer - Sgt Stanley Thomas Pitt RAFVR (1198978), of Huntington, Staffordshire.

Air Gunner - Sgt Thomas Brownless RAFVR (1074262), of Shotton Colliery, Co.Durham.

Air Gunner - Sgt William James Crozier RCAF (R/147569), of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.