HF544 Wellington X HD-
  
25th June 1943
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F/S A B R Airy RAAF

F/O W E Riley RAAF

Sgt G C Green

Sgt T M Atkinson

Sgt G R Johnson

  
 
F/S Airy. F/O W E Riley. Sgt Green. Sgt Atkinson. Sgt 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.
 
 
 
 

 
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