HF544 Wellington X HD-
  
25th June 1943
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  Pilot F/S A B R Airy RAAF  
         
  Navigator F/O W E Riley RAAF  
         
  Bomb Aimer Sgt G C Green  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner Sgt T M Atkinson  
         
  Air Gunner  Sgt G R Johnson  
       
Take off :- 23:49 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Gelsenkirchen
     
Details :- HF544 was shot down by a night-fighter Maj Helmut Lent NJG1 at 01:11 and crashed into the IJsselmeer of Urk.
     

 Four of the crew are listed on the Runnymede Memorial.

 F/O Riley is buried in the Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery after his body was found on the 5th July 1943.
     
Picture of F/O W E Riley courtesy of National Archives Australia.
Picture of Maj H Lent from Aces of the Luftwaffe
     

 
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