157 At 10:45 p.m. on 24 April 1944, a Handley Page Halifax Bomber Mark III (LW 662) took off from RAF Foulsham in Norfolk and made for the Belgian coast in advance of a bombing raid on Karlsruhr, Germany. The 21-year-old pilot was my uncle, F/O (Flying Officer) Charles Crowdy. With him were seven crew members: navigator, F/O L. L. Les Mortimer of Edmonton, Alberta; wireless operator, Sgt. F. W. Fred Morris of Hamilton, Ontario; flight engineer, Sgt. Donald Parkin of Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire; air bomber, FT/SGT. (Flight sergeant) T. H. Tommy Elliott of Sarnia, Ontario; air gunner, Sgt. Frank Etienne of Toronto, Ontario; air gunner, FT/ SGT. P. H. G. Pete Vincent of Vancouver, British Columbia; and air gunner, FT/SGT. Thomas Wilmer of Wandsworth, London. The Halifax was attached to 192 Squadron, a special duties unit created to monitor German radar and jam German communications ahead of bombing raids. On 25 November 1943, 192 Squadron had been moved to RFA Foulsham where it employed specially equipped Wellington Xs, Halifax Vs, and Mosquito IVs in its operations. A Handley Page Halifax Bomber.
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