50 Squadron’s Avro Lancaster I (#R5746) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Swinderby on an air operation over the seaside docks at Le Havre, France. R5746 failed to return to base and it was learned the Lancaster had crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1382214
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Son of Isaac and Dinah Bogard of Bethnal Green, London, England.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1382214
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Son of Isaac and Dinah Bogard of Bethnal Green, London, England.
50 Squadron’s Avro Lancaster I (#R5746) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Swinderby on an air operation over the seaside docks at Le Havre, France. R5746 failed to return to base and it was learned the Lancaster had crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1382214
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Son of Isaac and Dinah Bogard of Bethnal Green, London, England.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1382214
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Son of Isaac and Dinah Bogard of Bethnal Green, London, England.
Inscription
‘HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY,
HIS DEATH A SILENT GRIEF.
SADLY MISSED. MUM, DAD’
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