Handley Page Halifax III NA337 2P-X ✬ ✝ - Four-engined heavy bomber - 644 RAF - NA337 2P-X
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April 23/24, 1945 – Tarrant Rushton
On April 23, 1945, Halifax NA-337, carrying the No. 644 Squadron Code 2P-X, was assigned its fourth mission, flying to Norway on a Special Operations Executive (S.O.E) operation. It was flown by its regular crew of Flt/Lt Alexander Turnbull DFC (pilot), Flt/Lt Walter Reginald Mitchell (navigator), Flt/Sgt Gordon Russell Tuckett (bomb aimer), Flt/Sgt Goronwy Amman Bassett (flight engineer), Flt/Sgt Alec Naylor (wireless operator), and Flt/Sgt Thomas Weightman (rear gunner). Operation ‘Crop 17’ required the dropping of 13 containers and 2 packages from an easterly direction on drop zone 328 (60 27 50N, 11 51 23E) at Mikkelsberget in Norway.
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| AM 328 SOE Operation CROP XVII 4 Chiffchaff Red | 1945-04-23 | Se mer |
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