Halton Hills Newspapers

Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 10 Nov 2006, Remembrance Day, p. 7

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Acton man's quest to find uncle's remains reaches an end TED BROWN Staff Writer It was May 25, 1944, and Royal Air Force Halifax Mark III bomber LV905 was returning from an overnight bombing run. The bomber had set out from Brighton, Yorkshire, England, to participate in an attack on the railroad yards in Aachen, Germany, just east of the Belgium border. The Halifax was one of 432 planes dispatched by Royal Air Force Bomber Command to bomb the railway yards, for the sole purpose of crippling the German war machine. F/Sgt. The Halifax lifted off from Brighton JOSEPH at 22.50 hours (11:20 p.m.) and sucLEBLANC cessfully completed its bombing run, and was on the return leg of its mission, heading back to England. As the bomber flew over The Netherlands, it encountered a German night fighter. During the ensuing aerial battle, the Halifax was shot down, and crashed into a dyke near Hank, The Netherlands. The impact of the crash separated the rear gun turret from the aircraft, and two of the seven crew members' bodies were thrown out with it, of which only British Sergeant George Herbert Butler could be identified. See ACTON, pg. 8

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