208252 Flt.Sgt. Harold Chambers Royal Air Force 158 Squadron from:Leeds, West Yorkshire Harold Chambers was my father. He very rarely talked about his experiences and we have only a few things that we know. He was with 158 Sqaudron at Lissett. He was the Flight Sgt on a Halifax 111 bomber, MZ734 NP-U. They took off from Lissett at 12:42 hours on 25th October 1944, the target being Essen, unfortunately they were shot down and the crew were taken prisoners.
The crew consisted of
- Flt Lt WD Harrison pilot
- Fl Officer H Lanzetter
- F1 Officer RJ Armstrong
- Sgt H Chambers
- Sgt TW Rutland
- Sgt GR Johnson
- Sgt WT Williams
Sgt Williams died in captivity on the 13th of April 1945, he was only 19 years old. Dad arrived back in England March 1945, which was earlier that other POW's. Rhis information was given to me by Rodger Stanton from the WW2 Escape Lines Memorial Society. Dad told us that he had escaped during the long march but this does not seem to fit with when others say the camp was moved. If anyone can advise on this I would be most grateful
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