115 Squadrons' Avro Lancaster II (#DS655) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off at night from RAF Wretham, for an air operation flight over Germany. Over the target area DS655 was hit by flak and crashed, taking the lives of six members of the crew. The airman who survived the crash was captured and imprisoned in a German PoW camp.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Sergeant Eric Gordon Fay Beaumont BAKER,
RAFVR Flying Officer George William COOPER,
RAFVR Sergeant George Albert PARKER,
RNZAF Flying Officer Halford Douglas PYE,
RAFVR Flying Officer Robert Ryland REID and
RAFVR Flying Officer David Stuart WILLIAMS.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1293717
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Age: 32
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF East Wretham, Norfolk
Son of Ernest John and Florence Parker; husband of Constance Parker of Edgware, Middlesex, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Sergeant Eric Gordon Fay Beaumont BAKER,
RAFVR Flying Officer George William COOPER,
RAFVR Sergeant George Albert PARKER,
RNZAF Flying Officer Halford Douglas PYE,
RAFVR Flying Officer Robert Ryland REID and
RAFVR Flying Officer David Stuart WILLIAMS.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1293717
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Age: 32
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF East Wretham, Norfolk
Son of Ernest John and Florence Parker; husband of Constance Parker of Edgware, Middlesex, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
115 Squadrons' Avro Lancaster II (#DS655) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off at night from RAF Wretham, for an air operation flight over Germany. Over the target area DS655 was hit by flak and crashed, taking the lives of six members of the crew. The airman who survived the crash was captured and imprisoned in a German PoW camp.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Sergeant Eric Gordon Fay Beaumont BAKER,
RAFVR Flying Officer George William COOPER,
RAFVR Sergeant George Albert PARKER,
RNZAF Flying Officer Halford Douglas PYE,
RAFVR Flying Officer Robert Ryland REID and
RAFVR Flying Officer David Stuart WILLIAMS.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1293717
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Age: 32
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF East Wretham, Norfolk
Son of Ernest John and Florence Parker; husband of Constance Parker of Edgware, Middlesex, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Sergeant Eric Gordon Fay Beaumont BAKER,
RAFVR Flying Officer George William COOPER,
RAFVR Sergeant George Albert PARKER,
RNZAF Flying Officer Halford Douglas PYE,
RAFVR Flying Officer Robert Ryland REID and
RAFVR Flying Officer David Stuart WILLIAMS.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1293717
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Age: 32
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF East Wretham, Norfolk
Son of Ernest John and Florence Parker; husband of Constance Parker of Edgware, Middlesex, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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