| Flying Officer
Henry Jeffery
was serving as Bomb Aimer aboard Lancaster Mk. III ND739 coded OF-Z during an
operation to bomb a coastal defence battery at St-.Pierre-du-Mont on
June 6, 1944.
The aircraft took off from Coningsby at 0256hrs, it was least
heard from at 0504hrs acknowledging a message from the
controller.
The Lancaster and crew were
lost without a trace, the crew are remembered on the Runnymede
memorial.
The
crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
W/C Edward Carter - DFC |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
- |
- |
|
P/O Guy Dunning - DFM |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Camberley, Surrey |
26 |
|
F/L Ronald Conley - DFC |
RAAF |
Navigator |
Annerley,Queensland |
28 |
|
F/L Herbert Rieger |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Hamilton, Ontario |
21 |
|
F/L Henry Jeffery - DFM |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Southall,
Middlesex |
22 |
|
F/L Albert Chambers - DFC & Bar |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Chaddesden,Derbyshire |
23 |
|
W/O Frank Watson - DFM |
RAFVR |
M/U Gunner |
- |
- |
|
S/L Martin Bryan-Smith - DFC & Bar.MID |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
Wolverley,Worcestershire |
33 |
 |
|
Henry
and friends from 9 Squadron
From
Left- G.Clegg, Alec Fielding, Henry Jeffrey & unknown
airman |
Flying Officer Henry
William Jeffery RAFVR known as "Hank" was born in 1921 at
Walthamstow and educated at Southall County School. He was an
aircraft inspector before the war, having been an AEC operative. He
enlisted in the RAFVR in 1941 and trained as an observer/Air Bomber
having done his flying training in South Africa where he gained his
wings. He was awarded the DFM on 10th September 1943. He
also served in 9 squadron with Jimmy Lyon who was to later lose his
life in a training accident. |
