Halifax damaged by FLAK (returned to East Moor airfield).
On the 10th of September 1942 this aircraft was hit by flak on a raid on Dusseldorf. The aircraft made a safe return to East Moor, crew ok.
The aircraft was built to contract B73328/40 by Handley Page Ltd at Radlett and delivered directly to 158 Sqdn at East Moor
during the second week of June 1942 and was used in 158 Sqdn's first Operational night from East Moor on 25th June 1942. It sustained
the Cat. A(c)/FB damage as described above on 10th September 1942 and was repaired on site, with repair being completed by 26th September
1942. It was again damaged on Ops and sustained Cat. A(c)/FB on 2nd October 1942 and was again repaired on site, completed by 6th October
1942. It was lost as Cat. E(m) on 9th January 1943 when it failed to return from Gardening as a result of being shotdown by 'flak'
and crashing near Bryndun, 1 km. North of Tarp, Denmark, with the lost of 7 of the 8 crew.
Pilot - F/Lt V G Agutter.
Nav - P/O D J Serpell.
F Eng - Sgt D C Galloway.
Air Bomber - F/Sgt Herbert J Beck RAFVR (131167).
W Op - P/O G V Slide.
Mid Upper Gunner - Sgt J Hutchinson.
Rear Gunner - F/Sgt J Martin.
2nd Pilot - Sgt J Bartlett RNZAF. (Involved in other incidents in Yorkshire - Halifax at Wiggington being one listed on this website).
P/O Slide became a PoW on 17th November 1942 when Halifax W7863 crashed in France. He was the sole survivor. The aircraft was shot down by Hpt Heinrich Wohlers who by the end of February 1944 had scored 29
Allied aircraft.
F/Lt Herbert Beck was lost on 30th March 1943 when Halifax DT744 of 76 Sqdn was shot down on Ops to Berlin and crashed SW
of Tellingstedt. He is buried in Kiel War Cemetery and was the bombing leader with 76 Sqdn.