Service Number: 45813
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 207 Sq.
Age 23
Attacked by a night fighter over Holland and crashed near Hilversum.
Avro Lancaster Mk I, ser.no.ED418, c/s EM-G of 207 Squadron took off from RAF Langar near Nottingham at 00:17 on 13th May 1943, on a bombing raid on Duisburg. Carrying a 1,000 bomb plus incendiaries. They were attacked by Ju 88 night fighters over Apeldoorn and at 01:40 were hit and had to abort their mission. Turning back they were again attacked at low level over Hilversum. At 02:05 they were hit again, this time the aircraft, with its bomb load, exploded in mid air. There were no survivors.
The crew were:-
Pilot Officer William Dick Hawkes RAFVR - Pilot, 26.
Sergeant Edward Stanley Tompkins RAFVR - Flight Engineer, 21
Sergeant George Robert Nipper RAFVR - Bomb Aimer, 28
Sergeant Arthur Wilson Whiteoak RAFVR - Navigator, 32
Warrant Officer II William Archibald McNair RCAF - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 20
Flight Lieutenant Albert Douglas Coldicott DFM RAF - Air Gunner, 23
Sergeant Joe Smith RAFVR - Air Gunner, 26
Sergeant Hugh Robert Dick RAFVR - 2nd Navigator, 22
Son of Albert William and Rose Edith Coldicott, of Worcester; husband of Phyllis May Coldicott, of Worcester.
Service Number: 45813
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 207 Sq.
Age 23
Attacked by a night fighter over Holland and crashed near Hilversum.
Avro Lancaster Mk I, ser.no.ED418, c/s EM-G of 207 Squadron took off from RAF Langar near Nottingham at 00:17 on 13th May 1943, on a bombing raid on Duisburg. Carrying a 1,000 bomb plus incendiaries. They were attacked by Ju 88 night fighters over Apeldoorn and at 01:40 were hit and had to abort their mission. Turning back they were again attacked at low level over Hilversum. At 02:05 they were hit again, this time the aircraft, with its bomb load, exploded in mid air. There were no survivors.
The crew were:-
Pilot Officer William Dick Hawkes RAFVR - Pilot, 26.
Sergeant Edward Stanley Tompkins RAFVR - Flight Engineer, 21
Sergeant George Robert Nipper RAFVR - Bomb Aimer, 28
Sergeant Arthur Wilson Whiteoak RAFVR - Navigator, 32
Warrant Officer II William Archibald McNair RCAF - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 20
Flight Lieutenant Albert Douglas Coldicott DFM RAF - Air Gunner, 23
Sergeant Joe Smith RAFVR - Air Gunner, 26
Sergeant Hugh Robert Dick RAFVR - 2nd Navigator, 22
Son of Albert William and Rose Edith Coldicott, of Worcester; husband of Phyllis May Coldicott, of Worcester.
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AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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