Date: 24/25th April 1944. (Monday/Tuesday)
Unit: No. 424 ('Tiger') Squadron R.C.A.F.
Type: Halifax III.
Serial: HX318. ("OSCAR")
Coded: QB-O
Location: Karlsruhe.
Pilot: P/O William Paul Hugl R.C.A.F J/12224. Age 20. Killed.
Flt/Engr: Sgt. William Docherty R.A.F.V.R. 1562816. Killed.
F/O G S Coleman R.C.A.F. P.O.W.
F/Sgt. H E May R.C.A.F. P.O.W.
Wop/A/G: Sgt. George Albert Alexander Pound R.A.F.V.R. 1510041 Age 23. Killed.
A/G Sgt. George William Mayor R.C.A.F. J/91171 Age 19. Killed. (1)
A/G F/O Robert Scott Chapman R.C.A.F. J/88411 Age 21. Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off at 2143 hrs Skipton-on-Swale. Hit by flak while flying at 20,000 feet and making a northerly approach to the AP.
Moments later the Halifax blew up, ejecting the two survivors in the blast. It is believed F/Sgt. May was badly hurt and may well have been repatriated later in the year.
Halifax HX318 "OSCAR" on take-off from Skipton-on-Swale. 
Close up of nose art on HX318 with 60 missions.
Sgt. George William Mayor R.C.A.F. (Grave photo kindly supplied by Mike Harrison)
(1) Mayor Lake in Manitoba is named after Sgt. Mayor
Burial Details:
Those who died are all buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
P/O William Paul Hugli. Rheinberg War Cemetery. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 9.
Son of Mr. & Mrs. F.J. Hugli of Port Perry, Ontario
Sgt. William Docherty. Rheinberg War Cemetery. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 11.
Sgt. George Albert Alexander Pound. Rheinberg War Cemetery. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 10.
Son of George and Jessie Pound.
Sgt. George William Mayor. Rheinberg War Cemetery. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 8.
Son of Harry J. and Ida V. Mayor, of Crawford Park, Manitoba, Canada.
F/O Robert Scott Chapman. Rheinberg War Cemetery. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 7.
Son of Herbert Edward and Jennie Mae Chapman, of Kingsville, Ontario, Canada.
With thanks to the following: Bill Chorley - "Bomber Command Losses Vol 3", Theo Boiten - "German Nightfighter War Diaries Vol 2", Martin Middlebrook "Bomber Command War Diaries" The Commonwealth Graves Commission
