Piper, Harry Robert (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1945-February-21

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Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Harry Burt Piper and Edith Le Mesurier Piper

Spouse:

Home: Worthing, Sussex, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

227 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)

Base

RAF Balderton

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flt. Engineer

Service Numbers

3030989

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Google MapWorthing, Sussex, England

Took off from Balderton at 17:21 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: 9J-J Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb the Mittelland Kanal near Gravenhorst, Germany.

Aircraft shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hijinkhoekweg - Aarninkweg roads, Woold, Gelderland, Holland.

Killed includes Piper: Sergeant Frederick George Edwards RAF 1049072 KIA Winterswijk Cemetery, Holland, Joint Grave 40. Flying Officer Peter Isaac Green RAF 183823 pilot KIA Winterswijk Cemetery, Holland, Joint Grave 40.

POWs: Four crew were made POWs: Warrant Officer Class 1 I A F Dales RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Warrant Officer Class 1 I D E Cassidy RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Sergeant H Roberts RAF POW camp not listed. Sergeant W Lancaster RAF POW camp not listed.

Unit Desciption

227 (B) Sqn ()

No. 227 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. Its stations and dates are in the unit history.