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Sgt. Jack Olliffe
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| Sgt. Jack Olliffe was
serving as Wireless Operator/Air gunner on board Halifax Mk.V
LK649 coded
WL-X during an
operation to Berlin on January 28/29, 1944. The aircraft departed
Croft at 2359hrs but failed to return,
all
of the crew rest in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/Sgt Russell Stanley |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Toronto, Ontario |
21 |
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Sgt Stanley Groucott |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Brocton, Staffs. |
21 |
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F/O Richard Crompton |
RCAF |
Navigator |
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Sgt Donald Rose |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
- |
- |
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Sgt Jack Olliffe |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Hemel Hempstead, Herts. |
22 |
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Sgt David Silverman |
RAFVR |
M/U Gunner |
Brixton, London |
19 |
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Sgt Joseph Leduc |
RCAF |
Rear Gunner |
Cornwall, Ontario |
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Jack Olliffe 2nd
from right |
Sergeant
Jack Charles William Olliffe RAFVR was born on 11th
November 1922 at Pullen Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire .He was
the son of Amy Sophia and Ernest Olliffe. Ernest worked as a
carpenter and his mother in a paper factory. He had two brothers
Leonard Harold and Dennis.
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Jack's grave. |
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Photos
courtesy of Amanda Freeman, research by Linda Ibrom)
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