51 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LW461) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Snaith on a night operation over Magdeburg, Germany. Hit and damaged by a German night fighter, the Halifax crashed near Dalum, Kries Meppen, taking the lives of six members of the aircrew.
The airmen who perished in the attack and subsequent crash were-
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Joffre ATKINSON,
RCAF Pilot Officer Andre Jean Jules HISETTE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant David Lewis JOHNS ,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Arthur Alfred MUDDIMAN and
RAFVR Flying Officer Ernest Malcolm POPPLEWELL.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number: 1591782
Age: 29
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 51 RAF Squadron; RAF Snaith, Yorkshire
(Motto: Swift And Sure)
Son of William and Mary Atkinson of Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; husband of Dorothy N. Atkinson of Bridlington.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
51 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LW461) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Snaith on a night operation over Magdeburg, Germany. Hit and damaged by a German night fighter, the Halifax crashed near Dalum, Kries Meppen, taking the lives of six members of the aircrew.
The airmen who perished in the attack and subsequent crash were-
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Joffre ATKINSON,
RCAF Pilot Officer Andre Jean Jules HISETTE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant David Lewis JOHNS ,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Arthur Alfred MUDDIMAN and
RAFVR Flying Officer Ernest Malcolm POPPLEWELL.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number: 1591782
Age: 29
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 51 RAF Squadron; RAF Snaith, Yorkshire
(Motto: Swift And Sure)
Son of William and Mary Atkinson of Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; husband of Dorothy N. Atkinson of Bridlington.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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