Australian Forces

Royal Australian Air Force George Sloman

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Mission: Berlin Date: 01/02nd March 1943 (Monday/Tuesday) Unit: No. 35 Squadron Type: Halifax II Serial: W7877 Code: TL-O Base: R.A.F. Graveley, Cambridgeshire. Location: Ooost- Stokkum, Overijssel, Holland. Pilot: Sq/Ldr. Peter Campbell Elliot D.F.C. (1) 42401 R.A.F. Age ? Killed Fl/Eng: Fl/Sgt. Stanley Langford Conway Watts A.F.M. 216038 R.A.F. Age ? Killed Nav: Fl/Sgt. G.C.H. Chandler P.O.W. No: 892 Camp: Stalag Kopernikus (357) W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Roy Victor Ledger 1330439 R.A.F.V.R. Age 21. Killed Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. George Sarsfield Sloman AU403036 R.A.A.F. Age 23. Killed Air/Gnr: Sgt. Denis Kelly 1384311 R.A.F.V.R. Age ? Killed Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Thomas Neville Sankey D.F.M. (2) 612042 R.A.F. Age ? Killed REASON FOR LOSS: Took off at 18.24 hrs from R.A.F. Graveley, Cambridgeshire, a bomber operation to Berlin with a total of 302 aircraft taking part. Halifax W7877 was intercepted on its home run at 00.37 hrs. by Lt. August Geiger (3) of 7./NJG1. It was unfortunate for Bomber Command in that the H2S set was recovered almost intact by the Germans who sent it to the Telefunken Works in Berlin for research and evaluation. This played an enormous part in assisting the Luftwaffe to develop the Naxos system, vital for defending Berlin later this year.