HF544
Wellington X HD-Q
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HF544
Wellington X HD-Q
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| 25th June 1943 | ||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Air Gunner | ||
| F/S A B R Airy | Sgt G C Green | F/O W E Riley | Sgt T M Atkinson | Sgt G R Johnson | ||
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| Take Off :- 23:49 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Gelsenkirchen | ||||
| Details :- HF544 was shot down by a night-fighter at 01:11 and crashed into the IJsselmeer of Urk. | ||||||
| 473 aircraft detailed to attack, with 30 aircraft lost. | ||||||
| Four of the crew are listed on the Runnymede Memorial. | ||||||
| F/O Riley is buried in the Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery after his body was found on the 5th July 1943. | ||||||
| ** Update 06/09/2013 ** There is a possibility that the wreckage of this aircraft has been located, report here - (the link may expire over time) http://www.omroepflevoland.nl/Nieuws/105323/dronten-burgemeester-bergen-bommenwerper-morele-plicht | ||||||
| Picture of F/O W E Riley courtesy of National Archives Australia. | ||||||
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