115 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#HK599) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off in the morning from RAF Witchford for an air operation flight over Duisburg, Germany. It is thought that HK599 was hit and shot down by flak, crashing and taking the lives of six members of the crew. One airman survived the crash, but was captured and imprisoned in a German PoW camp.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAFVR Flying Officer Ronald BROWN,
RAFVR Sergeant Raymond EAYRES,
RAFVR Flying Officer Harry Thomas FORD,
RAFVR Sergeant Robert HAMILTON,
RAFVR Sergeant Peter Herbert Frederick HUGHES and
RAAF Pilot Officer Justin Francis LOUGHNAN.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1894389
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire
Son of William and Agnes Hughes.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
115 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#HK599) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off in the morning from RAF Witchford for an air operation flight over Duisburg, Germany. It is thought that HK599 was hit and shot down by flak, crashing and taking the lives of six members of the crew. One airman survived the crash, but was captured and imprisoned in a German PoW camp.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAFVR Flying Officer Ronald BROWN,
RAFVR Sergeant Raymond EAYRES,
RAFVR Flying Officer Harry Thomas FORD,
RAFVR Sergeant Robert HAMILTON,
RAFVR Sergeant Peter Herbert Frederick HUGHES and
RAAF Pilot Officer Justin Francis LOUGHNAN.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1894389
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire
Son of William and Agnes Hughes.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
"AND WHEN HE FELL -
WAS WRIT HE MUST,
GOD RAISED HIS SPIRIT
FROM THE DUST"
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