Service Number: 28155
Service: Royal Australian Air Force.
Takeoff Station: Mildenhall
Day/Night Raid: Night (1% moon)
Operation Homberg- Meerbeck oil plant. 158 aircraft (149 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes) of which 20 Lancasters were downed, mainly due to night-fighter activity. Caused severe damage to the plant, resulting in output dropping from 6000 tones of fuel per day to as little as 120. The 8th Air Force also hit this target.
Reason for Loss: Crashed at Dongen, NW of Tilburg, Holland
View family cenotaph in South Australia.
Service: Royal Australian Air Force.
Takeoff Station: Mildenhall
Day/Night Raid: Night (1% moon)
Operation Homberg- Meerbeck oil plant. 158 aircraft (149 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes) of which 20 Lancasters were downed, mainly due to night-fighter activity. Caused severe damage to the plant, resulting in output dropping from 6000 tones of fuel per day to as little as 120. The 8th Air Force also hit this target.
Reason for Loss: Crashed at Dongen, NW of Tilburg, Holland
View family cenotaph in South Australia.
Service Number: 28155
Service: Royal Australian Air Force.
Takeoff Station: Mildenhall
Day/Night Raid: Night (1% moon)
Operation Homberg- Meerbeck oil plant. 158 aircraft (149 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes) of which 20 Lancasters were downed, mainly due to night-fighter activity. Caused severe damage to the plant, resulting in output dropping from 6000 tones of fuel per day to as little as 120. The 8th Air Force also hit this target.
Reason for Loss: Crashed at Dongen, NW of Tilburg, Holland
View family cenotaph in South Australia.
Service: Royal Australian Air Force.
Takeoff Station: Mildenhall
Day/Night Raid: Night (1% moon)
Operation Homberg- Meerbeck oil plant. 158 aircraft (149 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes) of which 20 Lancasters were downed, mainly due to night-fighter activity. Caused severe damage to the plant, resulting in output dropping from 6000 tones of fuel per day to as little as 120. The 8th Air Force also hit this target.
Reason for Loss: Crashed at Dongen, NW of Tilburg, Holland
View family cenotaph in South Australia.
Inscription
28155 Flight Sergeant
J.J. Chigwidden
Royal Australian Air Force
21st July 1944 Age 33
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. ALWAYS REMEMBERED
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