Distinguished Flying Cross
Lancaster JB216 of 156 Squadron took off from RAF Station Warboys at 1628 hours on 16 December 1943, to carry out a bombing attack on Berlin. At 1845 hours a fix was obtained of the aircraft over North Sea in position 52.22N 002.48E approximately 200 miles from base. No further message received from the aircraft which did not return to base. The aircraft and crew were lost without trace.
Service Number: 406873
Royal Australian Air Force
Son of Henry James and Jean McFarlane Powell, of South Perth, Western Australia.
Service Number: 406873
Enlisted: 28 April 1941
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Fremantle, Western Australia, 9 December 1919
Home Town: Armadale, Armadale, Western Australia
Schooling: Armadale Public School, Western Australia
Occupation: Grocer's Assistant
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 16 December 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial,Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England. Panel 187 Local Roll of Honour- Perth, WA
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Lancaster JB216 of 156 Squadron took off from RAF Station Warboys at 1628 hours on 16 December 1943, to carry out a bombing attack on Berlin. At 1845 hours a fix was obtained of the aircraft over North Sea in position 52.22N 002.48E approximately 200 miles from base. No further message received from the aircraft which did not return to base. The aircraft and crew were lost without trace.
Service Number: 406873
Royal Australian Air Force
Son of Henry James and Jean McFarlane Powell, of South Perth, Western Australia.
Service Number: 406873
Enlisted: 28 April 1941
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Fremantle, Western Australia, 9 December 1919
Home Town: Armadale, Armadale, Western Australia
Schooling: Armadale Public School, Western Australia
Occupation: Grocer's Assistant
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 16 December 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial,Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England. Panel 187 Local Roll of Honour- Perth, WA
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Distinguished Flying Cross
Lancaster JB216 of 156 Squadron took off from RAF Station Warboys at 1628 hours on 16 December 1943, to carry out a bombing attack on Berlin. At 1845 hours a fix was obtained of the aircraft over North Sea in position 52.22N 002.48E approximately 200 miles from base. No further message received from the aircraft which did not return to base. The aircraft and crew were lost without trace.
Service Number: 406873
Royal Australian Air Force
Son of Henry James and Jean McFarlane Powell, of South Perth, Western Australia.
Service Number: 406873
Enlisted: 28 April 1941
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Fremantle, Western Australia, 9 December 1919
Home Town: Armadale, Armadale, Western Australia
Schooling: Armadale Public School, Western Australia
Occupation: Grocer's Assistant
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 16 December 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial,Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England. Panel 187 Local Roll of Honour- Perth, WA
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Lancaster JB216 of 156 Squadron took off from RAF Station Warboys at 1628 hours on 16 December 1943, to carry out a bombing attack on Berlin. At 1845 hours a fix was obtained of the aircraft over North Sea in position 52.22N 002.48E approximately 200 miles from base. No further message received from the aircraft which did not return to base. The aircraft and crew were lost without trace.
Service Number: 406873
Royal Australian Air Force
Son of Henry James and Jean McFarlane Powell, of South Perth, Western Australia.
Service Number: 406873
Enlisted: 28 April 1941
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Fremantle, Western Australia, 9 December 1919
Home Town: Armadale, Armadale, Western Australia
Schooling: Armadale Public School, Western Australia
Occupation: Grocer's Assistant
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 16 December 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial,Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England. Panel 187 Local Roll of Honour- Perth, WA
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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