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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Referring Database	Notes
1	Allen	H L	Pilot Officer	J/86427		Canadian	Navigator	RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	DK237	NA-L	Middleton St George	1932	Magdeburg	The aircraft was damaged so badly by flak fire that the crew had to parachute. According to other sources, it is also possible that the damage to the machine caused by an attack by a German night fighter. With the autopilot turned on, the Halifax flew to the Alps, where it crashed on the rock face below the Kreuzkarspitze (2,591m). Over time, the debris slipped into the underlying Kreuzkarsee	PoW No. 270001, Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe)		Paradie Archive Database
2	Gregor	N F	Sergeant	R/182597		Canadian	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	DK237	NA-L	Middleton St George	1932	Magdeburg	The aircraft was damaged so badly by flak fire that the crew had to parachute. According to other sources, it is also possible that the damage to the machine caused by an attack by a German night fighter. With the autopilot turned on, the Halifax flew to the Alps, where it crashed on the rock face below the Kreuzkarspitze (2,591m). Over time, the debris slipped into the underlying Kreuzkarsee	PoW No. 270038, Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe)		Paradie Archive Database
3	Murdoch	A H	Pilot Officer	J/90640		Canadian	Bomb Aimer	RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	DK237	NA-L	Middleton St George	1932	Magdeburg	The aircraft was damaged so badly by flak fire that the crew had to parachute. According to other sources, it is also possible that the damage to the machine caused by an attack by a German night fighter. With the autopilot turned on, the Halifax flew to the Alps, where it crashed on the rock face below the Kreuzkarspitze (2,591m). Over time, the debris slipped into the underlying Kreuzkarsee	PoW No. 270068, Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe)		Paradie Archive Database
4	Roberts	I P	Sergeant	1582668			Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	DK237	NA-L	Middleton St George	1932	Magdeburg	The aircraft was damaged so badly by flak fire that the crew had to parachute. According to other sources, it is also possible that the damage to the machine caused by an attack by a German night fighter. With the autopilot turned on, the Halifax flew to the Alps, where it crashed on the rock face below the Kreuzkarspitze (2,591m). Over time, the debris slipped into the underlying Kreuzkarsee	PoW, Unknown camp
5	Smith	Sydney James	Sergeant	R/184327	15 April 1924	Canadian	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	DK237	NA-L	Middleton St George	1932	Magdeburg	The aircraft was damaged so badly by flak fire that the crew had to parachute. According to other sources, it is also possible that the damage to the machine caused by an attack by a German night fighter. With the autopilot turned on, the Halifax flew to the Alps, where it crashed on the rock face below the Kreuzkarspitze (2,591m). Over time, the debris slipped into the underlying Kreuzkarsee	Died	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 6 Row K Grave 19	Paradie Archive Database	Sgt. Smith was so badly wounded that he succumbed to his injuries in a hospital in Magdeburg on 24 January 1944. He was initially buried Westerhueser Cemetery Magdeburg at 0900 hrs on the 29 January 1944.Statement by Plt Off A A Murdoch RCAF dated 24 August 1945: On the night of 21/22 January 1944 we were shot down over Magdeburg Germany by a German night fighter. During the days of 23/24 January 1944 I was in hospital and learned from the French Sanitaire of the death of a Canadian Gunner. I asked to see the clothing and identified positively the name and number on the parachute, also the parachute harness. The clothing and equipment belonged to Sgt S.J. Smith a member of my crew. The French attendant stated that the gunner died from the loss of blood due to a leg amputation near the thigh. The German refused a blood transfusion. The hospital was the worst possible. The time of Sgt Smith’s death was approximately at 1000 hrs on 24 January 1944.
6	Terry	R E	Flight Sergeant	R/146630		Canadian	Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	DK237	NA-L	Middleton St George	1932	Magdeburg	The aircraft was damaged so badly by flak fire that the crew had to parachute. According to other sources, it is also possible that the damage to the machine caused by an attack by a German night fighter. With the autopilot turned on, the Halifax flew to the Alps, where it crashed on the rock face below the Kreuzkarspitze (2,591m). Over time, the debris slipped into the underlying Kreuzkarsee	PoW No. 270088, Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe)		Paradie Archive Database
7	Yarnold	O P	Warrant Officer Class 2	R/80882		Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	DK237	NA-L	Middleton St George	1932	Magdeburg	The aircraft was damaged so badly by flak fire that the crew had to parachute. According to other sources, it is also possible that the damage to the machine caused by an attack by a German night fighter. With the autopilot turned on, the Halifax flew to the Alps, where it crashed on the rock face below the Kreuzkarspitze (2,591m). Over time, the debris slipped into the underlying Kreuzkarsee	PoW No. 1208, Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug		Paradie Archive Database

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