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Operation: Ruhland
Date: 19/20th November 1940 (Tuesday/Wednesday)
Unit: 78 Squadron
Type: Whitley V
Serial: T4156
Coded: EY-L
Base: RAF Dishforth
Location: 20 miles North of Dresden. .
Pilot: P/O. R.E.H. George 81058 RAF PoW No. 331 Camp: Stalag Luft Bogelsang and then to Stalag Luft Sagan
Obs: Sgt. J.W. Knight 808427 RAF PoW No. 373 Camp: Stalag Luft Bogelsang and then to Stalag Luft Heydekrug finally to Stalag Kopernikus
W/Op/Air/Gnr: P/O R.C. Mordaunt 82958 RAF PoW No. 753 Camp: Stalag Luft Bogelsang and then to Stalag Luft Sagan
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. S. Cawkwell 646976 RAF PoW No. 323 Camp: Stalag Luft Bogelsang and then to Stalag Luft Heydekrug finally to Stalag Kopernikus
Air/Gnr: Sgt. J. Wilkinson 937482 RAF PoW No. 344 Camp:Stalag Luft Bogelsang and then to Stalag Luft Sagan
REASON FOR LOSS
Took-Off at 17:30 hrs from Dishforth to bomb a synthetic oil plant, Ruhland.
Shot down by flak 20 miles north of Dresden. All crew members were subsequently reported as prisoners of war.
The remains of Whitley V T4156 (Aircrew Remembered archive)
Burial Details:
None, all survived as PoW.
With thanks to the following: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses', The C.W.G.C.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember
them. - Laurence
Binyon
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