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Memorial Crew Lancaster PA223 VN-D Sqn 50

In memory of the crew of the Lancaster PA223 VN-D Sqn 50. She left Skellingthorpe on 2 February 1945 for a mission to Karlsruhe. It exploded over Hochfelden on February 3, 1945.

Passed away:
F/O E. Harrop,
Sgt R. MacGowan,
F/S R.D.Heppenstall,
W/O F.C. Wrynn (RCAF),
F/S J.L. Russell,
F/S J. Leeming (RCAF).

The only survivor:
F/S J.E. Tolson (RCAF).

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Kurt Hilbert

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