John William Hallas       Photo: Knud Riis   Updated: 04 MAR 2021
                                                                              
Airman: a014177.htm Surname: Hallas Init: J W Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAAF Sqdn: 434

P_link: p225.htm Plane: HAL LK648 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d280943 Buried_d: b121043 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A. 9. 25

Den 27. september 1943 kl. 19.21 lettede HAL LK648 fra RAF Tholthorpe i Yorkshire på bombe-
togt mod Hannover.
"Fly styrtet i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. Gummibåd med ligene af F/Lt Hallas og F/Lt Wallace
samlet op 9. oktober 1943 på position 7 sømil ØNØ for Slugen N af fiskekutter E. 425 "Chr. Muff"
og taget til Esbjerg samme dag. Skipper på E. 425: Christen Enevoldsen." (p225MACR+rapport)

Flight Sergeant John William Hallas, 24 år, var søn af Sydney Henry og Dulcie Bella Hallas,
Gatton, Queensland, Australia. (Kilde: CWGC) Han var 2nd Pilot på HAL LK648. (Kilde: MACR)

2 flyvere fra HAL LK648 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i Norge. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
Se Halifax Print * Halifax Mk III på YAM 2019 * folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission.  8 flyvere.

On 27 September 1943 at 19.21 hrs HAL LK648 took off from  RAF Tholthorpe in Yorkshire on a bombing raid targeting Hanover.
"Aircraft crashed in North Sea. No survivors. Dinghy containing the bodies of F/Lts Hallas and
Wallace picked up on October 9 1943 in position 7 Nautical miles ENE of Slugen N by fishing vessel
E. 425 "Chr. Muff" and carried to Esbjerg same day. Skipper of E. 425: Christen Enevoldsen." (MACR)

Flight Sergeant John William Hallas, 24, was the son of Sydney Henry and Dulcie Bella Hallas,
of Gatton, Queensland, Australia. (Source: CWGC) He was the 2nd Pilot of HAL LK648. (MACR)
He still has his wings He is remembered on The Walls of Names
at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 175. 
Virtual War Memorial Australia has this.
2 airmen from HAL LK648 were buried in Esbjerg and 1 in NORWAY. 5 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 434 (Bluenose) Squadron
RCAF 434 Squadron 1943-1945 * No. 434 Squadron RCAF in Wikipedia.
Halifax-Wikipedia*Halifax Print*Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum
Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum * Halifax Mk III at YAM 2019*LAN-HAL.
Halifax V LK648 IP-F took off from RAF Tholthorpe at 19.21 hrs on 27 SEP 1943.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See p225MACR+report   8 airmen.