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Sergeant
Stanley Hoggett
was serving as
Navigator on board Lancasterx Mk.I
PD316 coded VN-A during an operation to bomb
Ladbergen
on the night February 7/8 1945.
The aircraft left
Skellingthorpe
at 2059hrs. It was last heard from after setting course for
the Dortmund-Emms Kanal and failed to return. Five of the seven
crewmembers were killed including
Sergeant Stanley Hoggett.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
F/L John Boyle |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Barrow-in-Furness, Lancs. |
24 |
|
Sgt Gerald Ansell |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Birkenhead |
29 |
|
Sgt Stanley Hoggett |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Co. Durham |
- |
|
F/Sgt H.Hand - POW |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
- |
- |
|
F/Sgt Deryck Rodwell |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Tring,Herts |
23 |
|
Sgt R.G.Turner - POW |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
- |
- |
|
Sgt Peter Jones |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
- |
- |
 |
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Stanley in uniform. |
Stanley's grave at Reichswald. |
Sergeant
Stanley Hoggett was the son of George and Hannah Hogget and
husband of Eliza Rebecca of Sherburn, Co. Durham.
The members of the crew who died rest in Reichswald Forest war
cemetery.
Photos
courtesy of
Kevin Thornhill
and Hans Ooms,
research by Linda Ibrom.
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