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Airmen who lost their live during the night of the 27th to the 28th of September 1943 678 British bombers dropped 2,196 tons of bombs over Hanover and Brunswick. 38 Bomber Command aircraft - 17 Halifaxes, 10 Lancasters, 10 Stirlings, 1 Wellington - lost, 5.6 per cent of the force, and 1 B-17 also lost. The use by the Pathfinders of faulty forecast winds again saved the centre of Hannover. The bombing was very concentrated but fell on an area 5 miles north of the city centre. No details are available from Germany but RAF photographic evidence showed that most of the bombs fell in open country or villages north of the city. |
Airmen of the 78 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Halifax JD476 took off from RAF Breighton at 1916 hours on the night of 27/28th September 1943, detailed to attack Hanover, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. |
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