HF569
Wellington X HD-S
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HF569
Wellington X HD-S
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| 3rd July 1943 | ||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Air Gunner | ||
| P/O J W Edmonds DFC | Sgt P V Cook | P/O C Halliday | P/O/ F H Levi | P/O P P G O'Brien | ||
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| Take Off :- 22:54 | Base:- RAF Leconfield | Mission:- Koln | ||||
| Details:- HF569 was shot down by a night-fighter flown by Oblt Paul Zorner of I/NJG3 flying a Bf110 E at 01:09, 2km East of Neerhespen. | ||||||
| 653 aircraft detailed to attack, 8 out of the 89 Wellington's involved were lost. | ||||||
| All of the crew were buried in Sint Truiden before being re-buried in Haverlee War Cemetery after the war. | ||||||
| Had they completed this mission safely then P/O Edmonds would have completed his 30th and last sortie of his tour of duty. | ||||||
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