JD329
Crashes > of the R.A.F.
During the attack on Remscheid, the Halifax II, JD329 between Cologne and Düsseldorf, after being detected and pursued by anti-aircraft searchlights, came within the range of the anti-aircraft guns. The aircraft caught fire and the navigator Fl/Sgt Marshall was fatally hit.
In addition, there was a dogfight with Fw. Hermann Wischnewski of the 3./JG Hermann, who also hit the aircraft and caused further damage. Some crew members tried to save themselves from the fire with their parachutes, but the exit hatches had warped due to the fire and the heat.
When the aircraft exploded in mid-air, Fl/Sgt Skidmore and Fl/O Whitehouse were ejected and landed, partially injured, between Düsseldorf and Neuss and became German prisoners of war. The rest of the crew were only recovered dead and buried in the Düsseldorf North Cemetery.
The majority of the aircraft crashed near Uedesheim, south-east of Neuss. The exact location of the crash is not known.