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March 2nd 1943

Lancaster III ED423 VN-N of 50 Sq.

Crashed: 00.44 at Ridderkerk (on farmland at the 'Pruijmendijk', polder Oud-Reijerwaard) , 10 km SE from the centre of Rotterdam.

Crew:

- Sgt David THOMAS (Pilot RAF VR), age 25. KIA
Son of James and Jessie Thomas; husband of Bessie Anne Thomas, of Braintree, Essex.

- Sgt Clifford Howard LEWIS (F/Eng. RAF) age 19. KIA
Son of Gwenllian Lewis and Aberdulais, Glamorgan; and ward of Joseph Lewis.

- Sgt Edward James GRAY (Nav./Bomber. RAF VR). KIA

- Sgt Leonard Arthur KETLEY (AG RAF VR), age 20. KIA
Son of Sidney and Mary Victoria Marguerite Ketley, of Gosfield, Essex.

- Sgt Rupert Sutton WHITCOMBE (Wop./AG RNZAF), age 23. KIA
Son of Henry George and Janet Catherine Martin Whitcombe, of Tawa Flat, Wellington, New Zealand.

- Sgt John HUGHES (AG RAF VR), age 20. KIA
Son of William and Lillian Hughes, of Handsworth, Birmingham.

- Sgt Robert Emmerson STOCKBURN (AG RAF VR), age 32. KIA
Son of Robert Robson Stockburn and Elizabeth Stockburn; husband of Eva Stockburn, of Broompark, Co. Durham.

All Buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery

Target: Berlin
Homebase: Skellingthorpe
Taken off: 19.05


Details supplied by Jan Weda