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Pilot Officer
Hubert Wallis was piloting Lancaster Mk.I HK358 coded QR-TF during an
operation to Leipzig on February 19/20, 1944.
The
aircraft left Conigsby at 0019hrs and encountered
severe weather and heavy flak and crashed near Gifhorn, killing
five of the seven men aboard, including P/O Hubert Wallis.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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P/O Hubert Wallis |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Cheltenham, Gloucester |
22 |
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Sgt T.F.Preston - POW |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
- |
- |
|
F/Sgt L.Tozer - POW |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
- |
- |
|
F/Sgt Albert Pardoe |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Clydach, Glamorgan |
22 |
|
F/Sgt Kenneth Sims |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Leigh, Staffs |
21 |
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Sgt David Brewer |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Southend on Sea, Essex |
18 |
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P/O Eric Bremner |
RAAF |
Air Gunner |
Enoggera, Queensland, Australia |
- |
P/O Hubert
Wallis RAFVR was the son of Robert and Alice Wallis and
younger brother of Francis, William and Robert of Cheltenham,
Gloucester.
F/Sgt
Tozer was to be admitted to the local aerodrome hospital for
treatment before becoming a pow in CampL6/357.Sgt Preston was
to become a pow in Camps L6/L4.Their five crew members rest in
the Hanover War Cemetery
Photo
courtesy of Bod Harris (nee Wallis, niece),
research by Linda Ibrom.
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