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June 23rd 1943

Halifax II JD213 KN-V of 77 Sq.

Crashed: Presumed lost over the sea.

Crew:
- F/Sgt Edwin Alfred SIMS ( Pilot RAAF) age 29. KIA
Son of Edwin James Sims and Ethel May Sims, of Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia.
Buried Wenduine Communal Cemetery 'De Haan' Belgium.

- Sgt John WESTBARN (F/Eng. RAF VR) age 20. MIA
Son of Mrs. S. Westbarn, of Woolwich, London.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 169.

- F/Sgt Desmond Henry Russell KELLY (Nav. RAF VR) age 25. KIA
Son of Samuel O'Dowd Russell Kelly, and of Florence Edith Kelly, of Brighton, Sussex.
Buried Bergen General Cemetery.

- Sgt Terence Wilfred Charles LUTHER ( AB RAF VR) age 21. MIA
Son of Edward Albert and Edith Mary Luther, of Walthamstow, Essex.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 157.

- Sgt Thomas OGLE (Wop./AG RAF VR) age 26. KIA
Son of Robert and Sarah Ann Ogle, of East Chevington, Northumberland.
Buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery.

- Sgt John FITZSIMMONS (AG RAF VR) age 19. MIA
Son of Andrew and Jessie Fitzsimmons, of Liverpool.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 149.

- Sgt Osborne David THOMPSON (AG RCAF) age 20. MIA
Son of David Osborne Thompson and Della Irene Thompson, of Didsbury, Alberta, Canada.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 186.


Target: Mülheim
Homebase: Elvington
Taken off: 23.29 hrs (GMT)


Details supplied by Jan Weda