Is there someone out there who can help me with a picture the crew involved in the following crash: 16/04/1943Nassogne 3 km south-east ( Belgium )Halifax II - DT-752 - 408Sqn - EQ-WF/O Sergent Joseph.L J/20028 pilot RCAF (KIA) Sgt Machell Harry.G R/81119 engineer RCAF (KIA) Sgt Hill Geoffrey.M 4135573 navigator (KIA)Sgt Coks Frank.R. (KIA)Sgt Gargrave Donald.F 1272498 wop (KIA)Sgt Kwasney W. RCAF (KIA)Sgt Heming Cecil.D. RCAF (KIA)Buried Heverlee war cemeterySgt Kwasney W. RCAF Florennes communal cemetery . Thanks in advance
i have just recently been at the memorial commemorating the loss of crew killed in the shotdown of Halifax DT752 in the forest near Nassogne, Belgium.
I found some bits and pieces probably pertaining to the aircraft and i have tried to collect more data related to this crash. Although i managed to get the names of 7 crew members (from the RCAF), no photo is available so far...It seems the engines may still be stuck in the mud there but not sure!
sorry, cannot help with a photo of thew crew, but you might be interested in the Luftwaffe claim for Halifax DT752 (ref: Nachtjagd War Diaries Vol, 1 by Theo Boiten).
16 /17 April 1943
Oblt. Ludwig Meister 1./NJG4 Halifax near Nassogne, 18 km S. Marche (5./301): 3.000 m. 04.08 408 Sqn Halifax DT752
To those interested in this aircraft and thread, I wrote book about the raid DT752 was lost on and have photos of Sergent and Kwasney. I also have the files of these two from Canadian national archives. I can be contacted via my website link below. ps My uncle was KIA aboard Lancaster W4317 of 61 sqn on this same Skoda works raid.
Peter Cunliffe: author, speaker, RAF bomber command researcher
