Excavation of a 10 Sqn Halifax Bomber Germany
Later this year Dr Phil Marter AIFA FHEA an archaeologist of The University of Winchester is supervising a multi-national excavation of a Halifax bomber that belonged to No. 10 Squadron.
HALIFAX Mark III, LV881 ZA-V 10 Sqn crashed on 30-31 March 1944. The aircraft took off at 22.16 hrs as part of the Nuremberg raid and is recorded as being shot down at around 0100 hrs on 31 March by a night-fighter. 3 of the 7 crew descended by parachute and were subsequently captured. The remaining 4 were killed, presumably in the resulting crash, near Steinheim, some 33 miles east/south-east of the old RAF Gutersloh, Germany, not far from Detmold.
The crew comprised of:
FS W T A Regan (PILOT)
FS E Birch RAAF
WO2 W S Norris RCAF (pow)
FS N Wilmot (pow)
Sgt R W Tindal
Sgt D L Smith
Sgt A D Lawes (pow)
Those killed on the crew were buried in Hannover. Dr Marter has managed to contact relatives of Sgt D L Smith and would very much like to trace the families of the other crew if possible.
I have been asked by the Chairman of the 10 Sqn Association to coordinate a small team along with Dr Marter to gain as much information we can about our downed aircraft and crew. Any help from members of this forum would be appreciated.
As the dig progresses I will keep you all informed on this thread.
Many thanks in advance.