Takeoff at 19:01 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Osnabrück in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Krause, Unteroffizier Otto Zinn & Unteroffizier Fritz Specht of the Stab I./NJG 3.
Crew:
Pilot Officer Robert Lewis ALBERY (125994) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 2.
Sergeant James HOCKENHULL (655228) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 6.
Pilot Officer Douglas William LENNARD RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 3.
Sergeant Robert Cecil LOOMBE (656393) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 5.
Flying Officer Leonard Ian SMITH (J/10310) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 4.
The five crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Takeoff at 19:01 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Osnabrück in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Krause, Unteroffizier Otto Zinn & Unteroffizier Fritz Specht of the Stab I./NJG 3.
Crew:
Pilot Officer Robert Lewis ALBERY (125994) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 2.
Sergeant James HOCKENHULL (655228) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 6.
Pilot Officer Douglas William LENNARD RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 3.
Sergeant Robert Cecil LOOMBE (656393) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 5.
Flying Officer Leonard Ian SMITH (J/10310) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 4.
The five crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Gravesite Details
123286 Pilot Officer (W.Op.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age: 30.
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1939 England and Wales Register
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
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