Hersey, G F (Flight Sergeant)

Took off from Grimsby at 17:23 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: HW-D Bomber Command).

The aircraft crashed in Germany.

Six of the crew died in the crash: Flying Officer Charles John Cooper RAF Pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 2. E. 23 Flight Sergeant Joseph Philip Edmonson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 2. E. 24 Sergeant Jack Mitchell RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Joint grave 2. E. 27-28. Flight Sergeant Richard Joseph O'Reilly RCAF R/267626 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Joint grave 2. E. 27-28. Flight Sergeant Douglas Campbell Stevens RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 2. E. 25. Flight Sergeant Carl Heinrich Weicker RCAF R/183956 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery