| Sergeant James
Hadland was serving as Mid-Upper Gunner on board Halifax
MK.V LK-921 coded MP-R for an operation to Berlin on January
21, 1944. The aircraft departed from Holme on Spalding Moor at
1634hrs but crashed 15 km northwest of Burgkemnitz. All of the crew
are buried at the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery.
The rest of the crew were:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
P/O Victor
"Red" Parrott |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Red Lake,
Ontario |
26 |
|
Sgt Cyrl
"Jinx" Vicary |
RAFVR |
Flight
Engineer |
- |
- |
|
F/Sgt Jack
"Smiley" Miriams |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
- |
- |
|
F/Sgt Arthur
"Slim" Gibson |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
- |
- |
|
F/Sgt
Frederick "Hicky" Hickman |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AGr |
Brighton,
Sussex |
23 |
|
Sgt Leonard
"Mac" McCarthy |
RAAF |
Rear Gunner |
S. Brisbane,
Queensland |
18 |
Sergeant James
Hadland RAFVR was was born in Witney, Oxfordshire on 28th
September 1924,the son of Francis and Ada Hadland and
brother of Elsie Kathleen. He had been courting a local girl
before his death.
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Unknown
Class photo (James 3rd from left in back row) |
A cartoon depicting the
crew in their various positions drawn by James.
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