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Avro Lancaster MkIII, DV198

The aircraft took off from RAF Bardney on 10th April 1944 on a mission to attack railway infrastructure in occupied France and Belgium. The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at St-Pierre-des-Corps, Indre-et-Loire, France. All of the crew were killed and are all buried in Nantes (pont-du-Cens) Communal Cemetery, Nantes.

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Sergeant John Hogan

1921 – 11 Apr 1944

Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Plot info: Plot L. Row D. Grave 24.

Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Eric Warnford Kindred

unknown – 11 Apr 1944

Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Plot info: Plot L. Row D. Grave 26.

Sergeant ( Air Gnr. ) John Weir Nelson

unknown – 11 Apr 1944

Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Plot info: Plot L. Row D. Grave

Pilot Officer Colin Albert Peak

5 Nov 1922 – 11 Apr 1944

Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Plot info: Plot L. Row D. Grave 23.

Sergeant ( W. Op. ) Vernon William Torbett

unknown – 11 Apr 1944

Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Plot info: Plot L. Row D. Grave 28.

Sergeant ( Nav. ) Thomas William Varey

unknown – 11 Apr 1944

Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Plot info: Plot L. Row D. Grave 27.

FltOff John E Wilkes

1907 – 10 Apr 1944

Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

Plot info: Plot B Row 10 Grave 34

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