Hunter, Henry Philip (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-April-02

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57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Corpus Non Animum Muto I change my body, not my spirit

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RAF Scampton

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Bomber

Service Numbers

1332920

Took off from Scampton at 20:07 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code DX-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Saint-Nazaire France.

Aircraft coned by searchlights and shot down by flak, during a raid on the Saint-Nazaire, France U-Boat pens.

Killed includes Hunter: Flight Sergeant Calvin Warren Dahl RCAF R/102105 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Pilot Officer Robert Leslie Pickup RAF 144185 Pilot KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Roland William Lea RAF 577749 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Arthur Eddie Bagley RAFVR 1236213 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant William Geoffrey Barnes RAFVR 1379802 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Tester RAFVR 1397311 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18.

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