Fawcett, Fred (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-June-22

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Service

RAFVR

Unit

218 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
In Time

Base

RAF Downham Market

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

1318687
PoW: 133

Target
Google MapKrefeld Germany

#218 Gold Coast Squadron (In Time) RAF Downham Market. Stirling III aircraft BK 722 HA-G was shot down by a night fighter while on an operation against targets in Krefeld, Germany. The Stirling crashed along Chijnsgoed Road, Sterksel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

FS F Fawcett (RAFVR) survived and was taken as Prisoner of War

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling BK722

Flight Sergeant Stanley Herbert Burrows RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Burrows, Stanley Herbert (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1943-June-22
Woensel Cemetery, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant Fred Fawcett RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Fawcett, Fred (RAFVR)
Navigator
Prisoner of War
1943-June-22
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Herbert Hill RAF

Flight Sergeant Hill, Herbert (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Prisoner of War
1943-June-22
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Brian Kermode RAF

Flight Sergeant Kermode, Brian (RAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-June-22
Woensel Cemetery, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Warrant Officer 1 John Swan McDonald RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 McDonald, John Swan (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Prisoner of War Died
1943-June-22
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Pilot Officer Donald Robert Rich RAAF

Pilot Officer Rich, Donald Robert (RAAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-June-22
Woensel Cemetery, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant Anthony James Small RAF

Flight Sergeant Small, Anthony James (RAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Prisoner of War
1943-June-22
cemetery unknown