After returning to the UK he continued his distinguished RAF career, before retiring at the rank of Squadron Leader. One of the survivors was the Navigator, Flying Officer Stanley Booker who was 22 at the time. They were interrogated before being moved to Buchenwald Concentration Camp and eventually released back to the United Kingdom on 28 th May 1945. One of the survivors was rescued by the SAS in August 1944, the other three were discovered by the German authorities on 1 st July 1944. I got out through the floor and managed to bale out safely." It was a miracle that I got out of the plane. The attack caused an immediate explosion in the petrol tanks which quickly engulfed the whole aircraft with flames. Unfortunately, he suffered a fatal wound to his head and slumped forward, completely obstructing the control column.
"Without warning, there was a sudden burst of cannon fire that straddled the cockpit and our pilot had to put the aircraft into a steep evasive corkscrew manoeuvre. The remaining crew members survived the crash and were hidden by the local Resistance. He was moved to a German military hospital for treatment, before being held as a Prisoner of War. The Bomb Aimer was seriously injured and captured by the German authorities.
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The pilot and wireless operator were killed and then buried by the Luftwaffe with full military honours at the local cemetery in St Andre de L’Eure on 7 th June 1944. The Halifax aircraft was returning from a successful mission when it was shot down in flames by the Luftwaffe. A ceremony was held in a village in northern France to commemorate the seven crew members of a World War II Halifax Bomber, who were shot down there on 3 rd June 1944.
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