On the night of 16th / 17th April 1943 this 10 Squadron aircraft left Melbourne airfield at 20.56hrs to undertake an operational flight to bomb Pilsen. The aircraft bombed the target area at 01.55hrs from 11,000 feet but received minor flak damage to both wings. The crew were able to bring the aircraft back to base and landed at Melbourne at 06.05hrs without injury to any of the crew.
Pilot - Sgt F Glover.
Navigator - Sgt D E Taylor.
Bomb Aimer - Sgt R Bell.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt J Phillips.
Air Gunner - Sgt F Hobbs.
Flight Engineer - Sgt R S Burr.
Air Gunner - Sgt R E Everett.
Halifax JB930 was built to contract ACFT/1808/C4 by English Electric Co.Ltd. at Samlesbury and the AM Form 78 states that it was taken on charge by 10 Squadron on 13th April 1943 who were based at Melbourne. A problem with this date arises the 10 Squadron records state that on 3rd April 1943 Halifax JB930 was damaged by flak on an operational flight. Minor Cat.A/FB damage would have been the damage assessment and the damage would have been repaired on site. Whether there is an error in identifying JB930 on 3rd April 1943 or whether the date that JB930 arrived at 10 Squadron was not initially logged and it was then recorded once the repair was complete on 13th April 1943. The aircraft was damaged by flak on the night of 16th / 17th April 1943 that again saw Cat.A/FB damage be the damage assessment with a repair on site following. On 21st April 1943 the aircraft failed to return from an operational flight to Stettin. All the then crew became PoWs. Cat.E(m) damage was recorded on the paperwork and the aircraft was struck off charge on 30th April 1943 having clocked up just 15.15 flying hours.
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