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Fly/Off. (Nav) Frank Edwin Watkin

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Fly/Off. (Nav) Frank Edwin Watkin Veteran

Birth
Brighton, Bayside City, Victoria, Australia
Death
2 Mar 1945 (aged 31)
Leuven, Arrondissement Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Burial
Leuven, Arrondissement Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
10. A. 7.
Memorial ID
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Service No: 418895 - Royal Australian Air Force. 640 Sqdn.

At 0740 hours on 2 March 1945, Halifax NP965 took off from RAF Leconfield to bomb Cologne, Germany. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base.

The other crew members were:

Flight Sergeant Charles Kenneth Fielder (2206034) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Benjamin Francis O'Neill (425048) (Air Bomber)
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Robinson DFM (117514) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Donald Henry George Tiley (1853257) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant James Henry William Turner (1813672) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Wolfson (424253) (Wireless Air Gunner)

Son of Stanley Entwisle and Alice Mary Watkin.
Husband of Rosaline Edith Watkin, of Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
Service No: 418895 - Royal Australian Air Force. 640 Sqdn.

At 0740 hours on 2 March 1945, Halifax NP965 took off from RAF Leconfield to bomb Cologne, Germany. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base.

The other crew members were:

Flight Sergeant Charles Kenneth Fielder (2206034) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Benjamin Francis O'Neill (425048) (Air Bomber)
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Robinson DFM (117514) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Donald Henry George Tiley (1853257) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant James Henry William Turner (1813672) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Wolfson (424253) (Wireless Air Gunner)

Son of Stanley Entwisle and Alice Mary Watkin.
Husband of Rosaline Edith Watkin, of Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

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