Halifax JD118 article
RAF records
Halifax JD118 damaged by flak, returned to Snaith airfield.
This aircraft took off from Snaith at 23.44hrs on 25th June 1943 to undertake an operational flight to bomb Gelsenkirchen. The aircraft bombed the target area at 01.44hrs but the mid upper turret received flak damage while over the target. The crew were able to bring the aircraft safely back to base and landed at Snaith in the early hours of 26th June 1943 at 04.30hrs. The squadron record book does not list the mid upper gunner as being injured so I assume the damage to the turret was just minor damage to the perspex. The aircraft was repaired and later served with 78 Squadron only to be written off in a crash near North Cave in November 1943.
Pilot - Sgt John Bradley Morris RAFVR (1339414),
John Morris was granted a commission on 20th August 1943 to the rank of P/O on probation (emergency) (156070). He was awarded the DFC for service with 51 Squadron, Gazetted on 23rd May 1944. By the end of the war he had been promoted to F/O and later to F/Lt.
The cited information was sourced from Website / URL published by http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/ <http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york43/jd118.html> The author/originator was Richard Allenby. This citation is considered to be direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.This aircraft took off from Snaith at 23.44hrs on 25th June 1943 to undertake an operational flight to bomb Gelsenkirchen. The aircraft bombed the target area at 01.44hrs but the mid upper turret received flak damage while over the target. The crew were able to bring the aircraft safely back to base and landed at Snaith in the early hours of 26th June 1943 at 04.30hrs. The squadron record book does not list the mid upper gunner as being injured so I assume the damage to the turret was just minor damage to the perspex. The aircraft was repaired and later served with 78 Squadron only to be written off in a crash near North Cave in November 1943.
Pilot - Sgt John Bradley Morris RAFVR (1339414),
John Morris was granted a commission on 20th August 1943 to the rank of P/O on probation (emergency) (156070). He was awarded the DFC for service with 51 Squadron, Gazetted on 23rd May 1944. By the end of the war he had been promoted to F/O and later to F/Lt.
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- Occupation: bomber pilot John Bradley Morris