97 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#R5502), with an aircrew of seven, took off from Wood Hall Spa for an air operation over Nuremberg, Germany. The Lancaster was shot down by a German fighter over Belgium, crashing near Maurage in the province of Hainaut and taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Herbert BRUMMITT,
RAFVR Sergeant Ellis Victor COPE,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Hector DINNING,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold John ENDLEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Victor Arthur HAMON ,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian QUINN and
RAFVR Sergeant William Edleston SPOONER.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 1153736
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 97 Squadron; RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
(Motto: 'Achieve your aim')
Son of Sydney Branwood Endley and Hilda May Endley of Marston Green, Warwickshire, England.
The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Herbert BRUMMITT,
RAFVR Sergeant Ellis Victor COPE,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Hector DINNING,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold John ENDLEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Victor Arthur HAMON ,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian QUINN and
RAFVR Sergeant William Edleston SPOONER.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 1153736
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 97 Squadron; RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
(Motto: 'Achieve your aim')
Son of Sydney Branwood Endley and Hilda May Endley of Marston Green, Warwickshire, England.
97 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#R5502), with an aircrew of seven, took off from Wood Hall Spa for an air operation over Nuremberg, Germany. The Lancaster was shot down by a German fighter over Belgium, crashing near Maurage in the province of Hainaut and taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Herbert BRUMMITT,
RAFVR Sergeant Ellis Victor COPE,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Hector DINNING,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold John ENDLEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Victor Arthur HAMON ,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian QUINN and
RAFVR Sergeant William Edleston SPOONER.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 1153736
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 97 Squadron; RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
(Motto: 'Achieve your aim')
Son of Sydney Branwood Endley and Hilda May Endley of Marston Green, Warwickshire, England.
The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Herbert BRUMMITT,
RAFVR Sergeant Ellis Victor COPE,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Hector DINNING,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold John ENDLEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Victor Arthur HAMON ,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian QUINN and
RAFVR Sergeant William Edleston SPOONER.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 1153736
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 97 Squadron; RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
(Motto: 'Achieve your aim')
Son of Sydney Branwood Endley and Hilda May Endley of Marston Green, Warwickshire, England.
Inscription
I LIVED IN HOPE
AND PRAYED IN VAIN
THAT MY DEAR SON
WOULD COME BACK AGAIN
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