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1942-07-29 Flight Lieutenant - Prisoner of War | |
Wellington IC R1450 Y1 | 16 OTU |
Take-off: 22:14 | Target: Hamburg Germany |
Took off from Upper Heyford at 22:14 in Wellington Mark IC (Sqn code: Y1 Bomber Command).
Crashed over Scjleswig
Executed by Gestapo 31st March 1944 following the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft lll, Sagen. Recaprured in Gorlitz area. Cremated at Liegnitz. He had been in charge of the trapdoor entrance to the tunnel