| Sergeant Frank
Richard Spencer was serving as Bomb Aimer on board Lancaster Mk. II
LL690 coded JI-J during an
operation to to bomb the railway yards at Valenciennes on June
15/16, 1944.
The aircraft took off from Waterbeach at 2314hrs and crashed
between Iwuy and Rieux-en-Cambresis, two small villages near
Cambrai, killing everyone on board.
The
crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
P/O Ernest Kingham |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
- |
- |
|
Sgt Joseph Black |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Newcastle on Tyne |
21 |
|
F/Sgt Raymond Hutt |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
- |
- |
|
Sgt Frank Spencer |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Hilderstone,Staffordshire |
20 |
|
Sgt Benjamin Bloom |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
- |
- |
|
Sgt Frederick Ansell |
RAFVR |
M/U Gunner |
Tottenham,Middx |
34 |
|
Sgt Daniel David |
RCAF |
Rear Gunner |
Gilford, Ontario |
27 |
 |
|
Autographed
photo of the crew. |
Sergeant Frank
Richard Spencer RAFVR was the son of Frank and Elizabeth Rose
Spencer of Hilderstone, Staffordshire. He had an older brother
George and younger sister Freda and was husband of Kathleen of
Blackley, Manchester. He did some of his earlier training in
Oudtshoorn, South Africa. Five
of the crew including Flight Sergeant Spencer rest in Rieux Communal
Cemetry. Flight Sergeant Hutt rests in Iwuy Communal Cemetery, while
Sergeant Bloom is remembered on Panel 235 of the Runnymede Memorial |
