Stratford-on-Avon, England (parents)Took off from Mildenhall at 22:30 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code GI-D Bomber Command)on an operation to Nuremberg Germany.
Lancaster ND-767 was involved in a mid-air collision with 427Sqn Halifax LV-923 ZL-W returning from operations over Nuremberg, Germany.
Killed on ND-767, includes Collins: Pilot Officer John Percival Merritt RCAF J/85569 KIA Hotton War Cemetery grave VIII. E. 8. Sergeant Raymond John Asplen RAF KIA Hotton War Cemetery Belgium grave VIII. E. 3. Sergeant John Coup RAF KIA Hotton War Cemetery grave VIII. E. 4. Sergeant Henry Fredrick Page RAF KIA Hotton War Cemetery grave VIII. E. 9. Pilot Officer Eric Pickin RAF pilot KIA Hotton War Cemetery grave VIII. E. 5. Flight Sergeant Cleveland Julian Schmidt RAAF KIA Hotton War Cemetery grave VIII. E. 6.
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