Heron, Francis Wheater (Flt Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1945-February-27

Male Head

Birth Date: 1922-November-19

Born:

Parents: Gordon and Minnie Wheater Harding Heron

Spouse:

Home: Baildon, Bradford, Yorkshire, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor

Rank

Flt Sergeant

Position

W/Op-AG

Service Numbers

1038772

Home
Google MapBaildon, Bradford, Yorkshire, England (parents)
Target
Google MapMainz Germany
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Halifax Mk III LL579 MP-L Aircraft was hit and badly damaged by flak while over the target. Only two crew managed to bail out successfully. The other fiver crew were KIA.

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax LL579

Pilot Officer Richard John Philip Barrell RAF

Pilot Officer Barrell, Richard John Philip (RAF)
Pilot
Prisoner of War
1945-February-27
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Rodolphe Joseph Lorenzo Boucher RCAF

Flying Officer Boucher, Rodolphe Joseph Lorenzo (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1945-February-27
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Flt Sergeant Lionel Eric Cannock RAF

Flt Sergeant Cannock, Lionel Eric (RAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1945-February-27
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant Francis Wheater Heron RAF

Flt Sergeant Heron, Francis Wheater (RAF)
W/Op-AG
Killed in Action
1945-February-27
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Harold Osbourn RAF

Pilot Officer Osbourn, Harold (RAF)
Flt. Engineer
Killed in Action
1945-February-27
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant Humphrey Brown Tennant RAF

Flt Sergeant Tennant, Humphrey Brown (RAF)

Killed in Action
1945-February-27
cemetery unknown

Sergeant G F Terry RAF

Sergeant Terry, G F (RAF)
Air Gunner
Prisoner of War
1945-February-27
cemetery unknown