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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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60 Operational Training Unit Mosquito II HJ650 AT-H F/O. Liblikmaa

Operation: Training

Date: 22nd November 1944 (Wednesday)

Unit: 60 Operational Training Unit

Type: Mosquito II

Serial: HJ650

Code: AT-H

Base: RAF High Ercall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Location: West Bromwich

Pilot: F/O. Jan Antoni Liblikmaa P/1942 PAF Age 27. Killed.

Navigator: Sgt. Jerzy Hara 704528 PAF Age 20. Killed

Reason For Loss:

At 1304 hrs. Midair collision with Mosquito II Serial HJ703 piloted by Fl/Lt. Barnett of 36 Course, also of 60 OTU. HJ703 made a successful single engine landing back at RAF High Ercall but HJ650 crashed in the West Bromwich area with the loss of both crew members.

An ambulance was sent to recover the bodies of the two aircrew and removed them to the mortuary at RAF Halfpenny Green.

Above: Pilots Course 33 and 34, captioned as follows:

Back Row L-R: Fl/Sgt. Verbeke, F/O. Ninane, Fl/Lt. Boquet, F/O. Heath, P/O. Dodgson, F/O. Roberts, F/O. Capon, F/O. Wujastyk, P/O. Wisniewski. Front Row: F/O. Moore, P/O. Macleod, F/O. Patterson, F/O. Gilmour, Fl/Lt. Drake, F/O. Liblikmaa, F/O. Nuttall, F/O. Bland, F/O. Curry.
Above: Navigators Course 33 and 34, captioned as follows:
Back Row L-R: Fl/Sgt. Dwyer, Sgt. Nemry, Fl/Sgt. Nieuwenhuys, Fl/Sgt. McAuliffe, Sgt. Hara, Sgt. Lubomirski, Sgt. Martin, Sgt. Blackaby. Front Row L-R: Sgt. Wills, P/O. Sumuel, P/O. Gunning, F/O. Mayne, F/O. Charters, P/O. Wilkins, F/O. Gibbins, Sgt. Verbist, Sgt. Fenton.

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Burial Details:

F/O. Jan Antoni Liblikmaa. Worcester Cemetery (Astwood). Service Plot, Grave 34803. Born 11th July 1917. No further details - are you able to assist?

Sgt. Jerzy Hara. Worcester Cemetery (Astwood). Service Plot, Grave 34802. Born on the 11th September 1924. No further details - are you able to assist?

Researched by Steve Hunnisett for Aircrew Remembered - April 2019. Page dedicated to relatives of the crew. OTU photographs courtesy Steve Hunnisett. Grave photographs courtesy Julian Tansell.

SH/KTY 27.04.2019

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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