Shot down by flak/AAA, on sortie to attack rail communications in tactical support of BEF (British Expeditionary Force) on the night of 26/5/1940 in the Koln area.
Crew:
Sgt (580078) A.E. Jones (pilot) RAF: Survived, reportedly uninjured, PoW. Stalg Luft 1,
Sgt (565748) John Alexander Smyth (pilot) RAF - killed in action 26/05/40.
Sgt (526291) Colin Woodhouse (Observer) RAF - killed in action 26/05/40.
Corporal (551819) Thomas Baybutt (Wireless Op/Air Gunner) RAF - killed in action 26/05/40.
All four crew fatalities were buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Shot down by flak/AAA, on sortie to attack rail communications in tactical support of BEF (British Expeditionary Force) on the night of 26/5/1940 in the Koln area.
Crew:
Sgt (580078) A.E. Jones (pilot) RAF: Survived, reportedly uninjured, PoW. Stalg Luft 1,
Sgt (565748) John Alexander Smyth (pilot) RAF - killed in action 26/05/40.
Sgt (526291) Colin Woodhouse (Observer) RAF - killed in action 26/05/40.
Corporal (551819) Thomas Baybutt (Wireless Op/Air Gunner) RAF - killed in action 26/05/40.
All four crew fatalities were buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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551819
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