W7824
Crashes > of the R.A.F.
During the bombing raid on Aachen, the Halifax II, W7824 first came into the cone of light of the anti-aircraft searchlights and thus came under massive anti-aircraft fire. The aircraft was hit and probably caught fire, whereupon the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. Seven crew members were able to save themselves by parachute and came to the ground, some of them seriously injured. They were first taken to the reserve hospital in Münstereifel and the reserve hospital in Cologne-Hohenlind. After their recovery, they all became German prisoners of war.
Warrant Officer Schaw of the RNZAF crashed with the Halifax near Ingendorf and was killed. He was buried in Cologne South Cemetery as an ‘unknown soldier’. He found his final resting place at Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Above:
The crash site of the Halifax II, 7824
Left:
RNZAF Pilot Warrant Officer Frederick Arthur Schaw