HF601 Wellington X HD-
  
5th July1943
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  Pilot W/C J J Owen MID  
         
  Navigator F/O E H Swain  
         
  Bomb Aimer F/O F Darbyshire  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner F/O A M Long RCAF  
         
  Air Gunner F/O J F Ray  
         
      memorial for the crew of HF601 the plaque
     
Take off :- 22:11 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Mining mission to Brest and St Nazaire
     
Details :- HF601 crashed in the sea south of Le Conquet near to where a memorial stands today.
     
     
Four of the crew are buried in Le Conquet Communal Cemetery.
     
W/C Owen was an officer on attachment from Group Headquarters.
W/C Owen was MID on 24/09/1941.
     
The others in the crew came from 196 squadron.
     

F/O Darbyshire is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
         
     

 

  
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