Halifax MZ734 damaged in the air, probably landed at Lissett or Carnaby airfield.
During the morning of 14th October 1944 27 aircraft of 158 Squadron were detailed to be flown on operational sorties to bomb Duisburg, the squadron records state that of this number, some fourteen of their aircraft sustained flak damage. One of the fourteen damaged aircraft landed at Manston on return to England but all the others appear to have been flown back to Yorkshire to land. Exactly where each aircraft landed is not stated in the 158 Squadron records; they simply suggests they returned to "base", ie Lissett, but three definitely landed at nearby Carnaby so the orb is not entirely correct. All of these aircraft's landing times fit for them landing in the same general area as one another which also suggests all would have landed at Lissett, Carnaby or even perhaps Catfoss. I will detail each flak damage incident on it's own seperate webpage.
Halifax MZ734 was one of the 158 Squadron aircraft that sustained flak damage. The aircraft took off from Lissett airfield at 06.42hrs. It was slightly damaged by flak five minutes before reaching the target area, the crew released their bomb load onto the target from 18,500 feet at 09.10hrs. On return to Yorkshire the aircraft landed at 12.05hrs presumably at either Lissett or Carnaby.
Pilot - F/O George Barter Pope RAF (51964).
Navigator - Sgt John Dennis Edward Taylor RAFVR (1681652).
Air Bomber - Sgt James Brown RAFVR (1867100).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - WO William Henry Hulme RAAF (409708).
Flight Engineer - Sgt John Rudd Williams RAFVR (1836168).
Air Gunner - Sgt Gordon Davies Lunn RAF (551767).
Air Gunner - P/O Walter Harold White RAFVR (172646).