Murphy, Vincent John (Flying Officer)

Took off from Graveley at 23:44 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: TL-H Bomber Command) to ground-mark a flying bomb site at Coubronne, Ecquesfor, France for the following bombers.

Home-bound shot down by a night fighter from 11,000 feet near Dunkirk. Aircraft on fire in air; aircraft abandoned in air. Cause of loss due fire; Aircraft destroyed in subsequent crash.

Killed: Sergeant Walter Edmond Crawford RAF KIA St. Paul Churchyard, Hooton, England, Sec. B. Row 78. Grave 1. Squadron Leader George Francis Henry Ingram RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 200. Sergeant Thomas Nainby RAF KIA Hartley South Cemetery, Whitley Bay England, Sec. J. Grave 3521. Flying Officer Douglas Alfred Weatherill RAF KIA Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium, Plot VI. Row J. Grave 1.

POWs: Flying Officer Vincent John Murphy RCAF J/29839 POW Stalag Luft L3, Sagan & Bellaria, POW# 6503. Flight Sergeant Douglas Belmont Gerrard RAF POW Stalag Luft L7, Bankau, POW# 215. Flight Sergeant Robert Henry James Gill RAF POW, Stalag Luft L7, Bankau, POW# 216. Flight Sergeant Stephen Jackson RAF POW, Stalag Luft L7, Bankau, POW# 225. F/Lt George William Rushbrook RAF POW, Stalag Luft L3, Sagan & Belaria, POW# 6505. Flying Officer Maurice John Spencer RAF POW camp not listed.