RAF Bomber crashes

In remembrance of the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command who lost their lifes during the Second World War.

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Remembering today: the crew of Hampden AT192 (455 Sqdn). They were killed on 11 March 1942 on ops to Essen. All four crew members are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

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Remembering today: the crew of Wellington W5442 (12 Sqdn). They were shot down on 10 March 1942 on ops to Essen. Three crew members are buried in Bergen, Holland. The other crew members became POWs.

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Remembering today: the crew of Mosquito DZ469 (139 Sqdn). They were lost without trace on ops to Le Mans on 9 March 1943. S/L Bagguley and F/L Hayden are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

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Remembering today: the crew of Stirling R9270 (7 Sqdn). They were killed when their aircraft crashed near Verdun, France, on 9 March 1943. The crew is buried in les Souhemes Communal Cemetery.

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Remembering today: the crew of Manchester L7426 (83 Sqdn). The aircraft crashed in the IJsselmeer (Holland) on return from ops to Essen on 9 March 1942. 7KIA.

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Remembering today: the crew of Boston Z2209 (226 Sqdn). They were shot down on operations to Poissy on 8 March 1942. W/C Butler, F/O Sayers and F/O Robertson are buried in Marissel National Cemetery, France.

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Remembering today: the crew of Halifax DT567 (51 Sqdn). The aircraft was presumed lost over the sea whilst on a Gardening operation on 7 March 1943. 7KIA.

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Remembering today: the crew of Mosquito MM788 (410 Sqdn). They were killed when their aircraft crashed near Gilze Rijen, Holland. W/O Cole and F/O Lees are buried in Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery.

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@AldermanGeo Lest we forget. The entire crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

[Mick Clark @MickCla77884027]

Another memorial to 166 Squadron Kirmington , unvailed this week . hoping for Covid to lift for a proper memorial service . The crews of the Lancaster's remembered always " Tenacity "

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Airman from 149 Squadron standing before a Stirling at Mildenhall, Suffolk, 1942

[Jon Sandison @JonLerwick]

Aircraftman Laurence Bruce Hughson of Lerwick served with RAF 149 Squadron. The Vickers Wellington in which he flew crash-landed after taking off for a leaflet dropping mission to Bremen, March 2nd, 1940 from RAF Mildenhall. He was returned home to Lerwick, where he rests. @CWGC

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Remembering today: the crew of Halifax JB801 (No.78 Squadron). The aircraft was shot down over Holland on the night of 13/14 July 1943. All seven crew members were killed.

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Remembering today: the crew of Blenheim R3701 (No.82 Squadron). The aircraft was lost over the North Sea on 13 July 1940. F/L Lewis and Sergeants Richardson and Newberry were all killed in the crash.

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Remembering today: the crew of Beaufighter JL822 (No.236 Squadron). The aircraft was lost over the North Sea on 12 July 1943. F/L Welch and F/S Crawforth were killed.

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51 Squadron Halifax By Keith Woodcock

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75 years today - We remember them.

Sgt Edward Smithson 9 Sqn, Edward took off from RAF Waddington as part of crew onboard a Lancaster bomber on a night raid over Berlin, the aircraft crashed on return nr. Heighington, Lincoln. Edward is remembered at the IBCC on panel 99

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@TheTorontoSun @joe_warmington Hm. My dad was a navigator in Bomber Command. RAF(V) 1939-1945. 32 missions with RCAF 431 Squadron. Ended his war in India, flying the Hump. He would have been 96 in November. He is legendary to me.

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A very Happy Birthday to 149 Sq. Navigator, Anthony Kent who is 95 today. Congratulations Tony.

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Lancaster bomber of No 1 Group, RAF Bomber Command over Hamburg, Germany, night of 30-31 Jan 1943