LN288
Wellington X HD-
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LN288
Wellington X HD-
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| 13th/14th July 1943 | ||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Air Gunner | ||
| F/S W A Gunning | F/S R Feakes | Sgt H C Jordan | Sgt D W Covell | Sgt T F Cummins | ||
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| Take Off :- 00:01 | Base:- RAF Leconfield | Mission:- Aachen | ||||
| Details:- LN288 was hit by flak and crashed 6 miles South-East of Chievres (Hainaut) at a place called Baudour in Belgium at 02:15. | ||||||
| This was the crews fifth mission together and their third mission in this aircraft. | ||||||
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| All of the crew are buried in the town's Communal Cemetery. | ||||||
| Sgt Jones - PoW number is 1184, he was in camps L1/L6/L4. | ||||||
| F/S Murphy - PoW number is 1191, he was in camps L1/L6/L4. | ||||||
| Sgt Lester - PoW number is 1188, he was in camps L1/L6/L4. | ||||||
| Picture of the gravestones is courtesy of Peter Cunliffe. | ||||||
| Picture of Rex Feakes is courtesy of Rex Addison and Anne Storm. | ||||||
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