Service No: 424293. Flying Officer. Royal Australian Air Force.
Son of Arthur Harrie Berkeley and Elizabeth "Bessie" (Allen) Fitzhardinge, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
A Lancaster PD346 took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 1638 hours on the night of 1/2nd February 1945 detailed to bomb Siegen, Germany Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed into a wooded hillside near Ehrenstein approx 30 miles south east of Siegen. Five of the crew were killed and two captured as POW's.
Son of Arthur Harrie Berkeley and Elizabeth "Bessie" (Allen) Fitzhardinge, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
A Lancaster PD346 took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 1638 hours on the night of 1/2nd February 1945 detailed to bomb Siegen, Germany Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed into a wooded hillside near Ehrenstein approx 30 miles south east of Siegen. Five of the crew were killed and two captured as POW's.
Service No: 424293. Flying Officer. Royal Australian Air Force.
Son of Arthur Harrie Berkeley and Elizabeth "Bessie" (Allen) Fitzhardinge, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
A Lancaster PD346 took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 1638 hours on the night of 1/2nd February 1945 detailed to bomb Siegen, Germany Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed into a wooded hillside near Ehrenstein approx 30 miles south east of Siegen. Five of the crew were killed and two captured as POW's.
Son of Arthur Harrie Berkeley and Elizabeth "Bessie" (Allen) Fitzhardinge, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
A Lancaster PD346 took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 1638 hours on the night of 1/2nd February 1945 detailed to bomb Siegen, Germany Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed into a wooded hillside near Ehrenstein approx 30 miles south east of Siegen. Five of the crew were killed and two captured as POW's.
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945
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New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958
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Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
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