MS473 Wellington X HD-Q
  
13th May 1943
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  Pilot P/O T Sampson RNZAF  
         
  Navigator Sgt C W Jones P.O.W.  
         
  Bomb Aimer F/S J F Cahill RAAF P.O.W.  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner F/S K S Murphy RAAF P.O.W.  
         
  Air Gunner  Sgt R J T Lester P.O.W.  
       
Take off :- 23:56 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Bochum
     
Details :- MS473 came down in the North Sea.
     
P/O Sampson is buried in Westduin General Cemetery at Den Haag, his body being found on 10th August 1943 near Scheveningen.
     
Sgt Jones - PoW number is 1184, he was in camps L1/L6/L4.
F/S Cahill - PoW number is 1171, he was in camps L1/L3.
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.
     

 
         
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