Cunning, Charles Hugh (Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-December-30

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RAF

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103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Elsham Wolds

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Sergeant

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1313818
PoW: 269759

Took off from Elsham Wolds in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code PM-G Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Hit by flak after bombing, sustaining severe structural damage to the tail plane and losing the use of both port engines. Crashed at Mettingen, 5 km NNE of Ibbenburen, Germany.

Killed: Sergeant Thomas Cook Henderson RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 12. Row A. Grave 5.

POWs includes Cunning: Sergeant Wesley Alfred Lamb RCAF R/155355 POW Stalag IVB, Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Allan Fletcher RAF POW Stalag IVB, Muhlberg (Elbe). WO Leslie John Grigg RAF POW Stalag IVB, Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Rodney William Hatherley RAF POW Stalag IVB, Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Alfred Robert George Warne RAF POW Stalag IVB, Muhlberg (Elbe).

Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock page 275
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