HALIFAX "B FOR BEER" ATTACKED HANOVER ON THREE ENGINES AND CAME HOME ON TWO. - Halifax "B for Beer" was on its way to attack Hanover on the night of 27th-28th September 1943 when the starboard engine, losing oil pressure, "packed up" 20 minutes before reaching the target area. The captain, Sergeant Winn, of Sheffield, proceeded to the target and attacked it on three engines. On the return journey, the port engine which had shown signs of excessive vibration failed while leaving the French coast. The captain decided to land at a Norfolk airfield when the starboard outer engine temperature
HALIFAX "B FOR BEER" ATTACKED HANOVER ON THREE ENGINES AND CAME HOME ON TWO. - Halifax "B for Beer" was on its way to attack Hanover on the night of 27th-28th September 1943 when the starboard engine, losing oil pressure, "packed up" 20 minutes before reaching the target area. The captain, Sergeant Winn, of Sheffield, proceeded to the target and attacked it on three engines. On the return journey, the port engine which had shown signs of excessive vibration failed while leaving the French coast. The captain decided to land at a Norfolk airfield when the starboard outer engine temperature went up, and oil pressure dropped. When the aircraft was circling the pilot found that the undercarriage would not come down and as the aircraft was then only about 100 ft. and flying on one good and one failing engine, there was no time to bring down the undercarriage by hand. The aircraft was crash-landed on the airfield. This was Sergeant Winn's seventeenth operational trip. Picture (issued 1943) shows - The crew of "B for Beer" left to right - Sergeant Carrington of , News Brunswick, rear gunner - formerly employed in the Canadian lumber trade Sergeant E. Neweston, of flight engineer - formerly an engineer; Sergeant Royce of Bromley, Kent, navigator - formerly a bank clerk; Sergeant Winn of Sheffield, pilot - formerly a builder's draughtsman; Pilot Officer F. Grundy of Hindsford, Manchester, wireless operator - formerly in the coal mining industry; Sergeant Powell of Ilford, Essex, bomb aimer - formerly an accountant; und Sergeant R. Bennett of Walleybridge, Stockport, midupper gunner - formerly a fabric maker Royal Air Force
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