Halifax HR871 And The Battle Of The Great Storm.
While on the final Hamburg raid of 1943 this 405 Squadron Halifax bomber, HR871, was struck by lightning putting out the two inner engines and various instruments. The crew bailed out over Sweden and HR871 on her still running two outer engines headed out over the Baltic sea and eventually crashed into the water and sank to the bottom.
Today I read the accounts of that night and what happened next .....
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