17-23 June 1944

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Overview

RAF Wickenby squadrons continued to support the Allied landings in Normandy and also attacked V2 flying bomb sites in France. Four aircraft were lost, with 14 aircrew being killed – one aircraft ditched in the sea and all the crew were rescued and one crashed on landing at Wickenby but all the crew escaped.

You will note that squadrons were now flying during the day against specific targets and sometimes flying more than one mission per day.

Extract from Station Diary

Flight Sergeant Robert Woolley, aged 20, the son of Jack & Emily Woolley of Hildenborough, Kent. He was the pilot of a 626 Sqn aircraft shot down during the attack on Rheims railway yards. All the crew were killed.
Sgt Alfred Hawkins, aged 28, the Flight Engineer on FS Woolley’s aircraft.
Sgt Ernest Lewis, aged 20, from Pembroke Dock, the bomb aimer on FS Woolley’s aircraft.
Sgt Frank Goddard, aged 23, the Navigator on FS Woolley’s aircraft.
Sgt Herbert Brown, aged 23, the Wireless Operator on FS Woolley’s aircraft.
Sgt Percy Lawrence, aged 20, the mid-upper gunner on FS Woolley’s aircraft.

Extract from 12 Sqn Appendix to Operational Record Book

Extract from 626 Sqn Appendix to Operational Record Book

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