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24/25 April 1944 Lancaster Mk II - DS734 KO-Y |
| T/O Witchford 2151 - Target Karlsruhe, Germany. Shot down by night fighter Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the IV./NJG 1. Crashed Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium.
Also lost on this mission: Lancaster Mk I: HK542 KO-J, 7 KIA Karlsruhe: 637 aircraft - 369 Lancasters, 259 Halifaxes, 9 Mosquitos - of all groups except No 5 Group. Cloud over the target and a strong wind which pushed the Pathfinders too far north spoiled this attack. Only the northern part of Karlsruhe was seriously damaged and most of the bombs fell outside the city. Mannheim, 30 miles to the north, recorded a raid by approximately 100 aircraft on this night and Darmstadt, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg were also hit by aircraft which failed to find the main target. 19 aircraft - 11 Lancasters, 8 Halifaxes - lost, 3.0 per cent of the force. Source: nationalarchives.gov.uk - Bomber Command - Campaign Diary April 1944. |
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Cagienard Robert Roland - Pilot
P/O - Service No 174879 Age: 24 - °19 Oktober 1920 RAFVR Son of Alexander and Edith Ida Cagienard, of Ilford, Essex. Schoonselhof Cemetery Antwerp - grave 4a.D.20 Source: CWGC - Photo via Family Cagienard Photo's and letters Family Cagienard. |
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Kelly Charles Philip - FE
Sgt - Service No 2204866 Age: 20 - °1923/1924 RAFVR Son of Charles and Margaret Kelly, of Cregagh, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Schoonselhof Cemetery Antwerp - grave 4a.D.37 Source: CWGC - Photo via Family McCluskey. Photo's and letters |
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Foster - Frederick Albert - Nav
F/S - Service No 1321968 Age: 20 - °10 June 1923 RAFVR Son of Albert Ernest and Annie Dorothy Foster, of Thornton Heath, Surrey. Schoonselhof Cemetery Antwerp - grave 4a.D.36 Source: CWGC - Photo via Family Foster |
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Shorten William - WOP
Sgt - Service No 1508293 Age: 26 - °25 October 1917 RAFVR Son of
Husband of Edith Enderby, Bradford district x1q 1940 Schoonselhof Cemetery Antwerp - grave 4a.D.20 Source: CWGC - Photo's and letters Family Shorten and Wim Govaerts. |
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MacLeod Joseph Murdoch - BA
P/O- Service No J92030 Age: 23 - °21 July 1921 RCAF Son of John George and Emma Justine MacLeod, of Capreol, Ontario, Canada. Schoonselhof Cemetery Antwerp - grave 4a.D.8 Source: CWGC - Photo's and info via Audrey MacLeod and Gary Biesinger |
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King Frank Desmond - MUG
Sgt - Service No 1892896 Age: 19 - °22 December 1924 RAFVR Son of Frederick and Edith King Schoonselhof Cemetery Antwerp - grave 4a.D.20 Source: CWGC - Photo's and letter via Ronald King |
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Letcher Albert Clayton - RG
P/O - Service No J92031 Age: 21 (His actual age was 18, °03 July 1925. To join the RCAF he changed his birth date to 03 July 1922). RCAF Son of George Letcher and Jessie Burrows Schoonselhof Cemetery Antwerp - grave 4a.D.21 - Photo via Family Letcher |