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Sergeant Henry Patrick -
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Sergeant Henry Patrick
was serving
as an Air Gunner on board Lancaster Mk.III LM- 377 coded QR-F for an operation to
Berlin on January 1/2 1944. The aircraft departed from Skellingthorpe
at 2356hrs but on the outward journey they were shot down by
a night-fighter. They crashed 800 metres North of Buren,10
km NNE of Neustadt am Rubenberge, all were killed. The crew
consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/O George Sharpe |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Windsor,Ontario |
23 |
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Sgt Basil Imber |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Frome,Somerset |
19 |
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F/O Ernest Willard |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Forest Hill, London |
21 |
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F/O Alfred Shirley |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Rugby, Warwickshire |
26 |
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Sgt Alexander Ross |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Edinburgh |
21 |
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Sgt William Churcher |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Cardiff |
23 |
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Sgt Henry Patrick |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Babthorpe, Yorkshire |
22 |
Sergeant Henry Patrick was the
son of Arthur and Edith May Patrick. He Lived at Babthorpe farm, near
Hemingbrough in East Yorkshire with his father, younger brother Joseph (Joe)
and sister Cicely. His mother had died on 21st August 1939.
Henry attended Hemingbrough school and worked on the farm before enlisting, he
was a member of the Hemingbrough cricket team.
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Henry Patrick with
fellow Air Gunners, far right, back row. |
Henry Patrick is buried in
Hanover War cemetery along with the rest of his crew.
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