THE STRATEGIC BOMBING OF GERMANY, 1942-1945 - Handley Page Halifax B, Mk III, LL599 'Z5-E', of No 462 Squadron RAAF based at Driffield, Yorkshire, in flight over the North Sea while on the way to attack synthetic oil plants in the Ruhr, September 1944. This aircraft was lost over Germany on 23 October 1944, when it collided with an Avro Lancaster of No. 625 Squadron RAF while returning from a raid on Essen Royal Australian Air Force, 462 Squadron

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