Service No: 975799 - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn. Bomber Command.
One of a seven man crew that took off from RAF East Wretham (Norfolk) at 23:56 on the 29th of May 1943, in an Avro Lancaster Mk II Bomber S/No. DS627, for a bombing raid on Wuppertal, North Rhineland.
Nothing further was heard after take off and the plane was reported as missing in action, it was later established that they had been shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hechtel {Limburg} Belgium, there were no survivors and the crew are buried on the same row in Heverlee War Cemetery.
The other crew members were,
Sgt. Robert ADAIR (1483499) RAFVR - Navigator
P/O. Charles Kenneth COKER (J/17259) RCAF - Air Bomber
Sgt. James CURRIE (1367283) RAFVR - Wireless Op
Sgt. Charles Roughead FLEMING (1349738) RAFVR - Pilot
Sgt. Hopkin George THOMAS (612466) RAFVR - Flight Engineer
Sgt. Arthur Raymond TICKNER (1601720) RAFVR - Air Gunner
Son of Walter Ernest and Dorothy May Berry, of Lawrence End, Luton, Bedfordshire.
One of a seven man crew that took off from RAF East Wretham (Norfolk) at 23:56 on the 29th of May 1943, in an Avro Lancaster Mk II Bomber S/No. DS627, for a bombing raid on Wuppertal, North Rhineland.
Nothing further was heard after take off and the plane was reported as missing in action, it was later established that they had been shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hechtel {Limburg} Belgium, there were no survivors and the crew are buried on the same row in Heverlee War Cemetery.
The other crew members were,
Sgt. Robert ADAIR (1483499) RAFVR - Navigator
P/O. Charles Kenneth COKER (J/17259) RCAF - Air Bomber
Sgt. James CURRIE (1367283) RAFVR - Wireless Op
Sgt. Charles Roughead FLEMING (1349738) RAFVR - Pilot
Sgt. Hopkin George THOMAS (612466) RAFVR - Flight Engineer
Sgt. Arthur Raymond TICKNER (1601720) RAFVR - Air Gunner
Son of Walter Ernest and Dorothy May Berry, of Lawrence End, Luton, Bedfordshire.
Service No: 975799 - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn. Bomber Command.
One of a seven man crew that took off from RAF East Wretham (Norfolk) at 23:56 on the 29th of May 1943, in an Avro Lancaster Mk II Bomber S/No. DS627, for a bombing raid on Wuppertal, North Rhineland.
Nothing further was heard after take off and the plane was reported as missing in action, it was later established that they had been shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hechtel {Limburg} Belgium, there were no survivors and the crew are buried on the same row in Heverlee War Cemetery.
The other crew members were,
Sgt. Robert ADAIR (1483499) RAFVR - Navigator
P/O. Charles Kenneth COKER (J/17259) RCAF - Air Bomber
Sgt. James CURRIE (1367283) RAFVR - Wireless Op
Sgt. Charles Roughead FLEMING (1349738) RAFVR - Pilot
Sgt. Hopkin George THOMAS (612466) RAFVR - Flight Engineer
Sgt. Arthur Raymond TICKNER (1601720) RAFVR - Air Gunner
Son of Walter Ernest and Dorothy May Berry, of Lawrence End, Luton, Bedfordshire.
One of a seven man crew that took off from RAF East Wretham (Norfolk) at 23:56 on the 29th of May 1943, in an Avro Lancaster Mk II Bomber S/No. DS627, for a bombing raid on Wuppertal, North Rhineland.
Nothing further was heard after take off and the plane was reported as missing in action, it was later established that they had been shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hechtel {Limburg} Belgium, there were no survivors and the crew are buried on the same row in Heverlee War Cemetery.
The other crew members were,
Sgt. Robert ADAIR (1483499) RAFVR - Navigator
P/O. Charles Kenneth COKER (J/17259) RCAF - Air Bomber
Sgt. James CURRIE (1367283) RAFVR - Wireless Op
Sgt. Charles Roughead FLEMING (1349738) RAFVR - Pilot
Sgt. Hopkin George THOMAS (612466) RAFVR - Flight Engineer
Sgt. Arthur Raymond TICKNER (1601720) RAFVR - Air Gunner
Son of Walter Ernest and Dorothy May Berry, of Lawrence End, Luton, Bedfordshire.
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