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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Referring Database	Notes
1	Allso	Gerald Walter	Flight Sergeant	1151764		RAFVR	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-12-02	Halifax	II	HR876	TL-S	Graveley	1708	Berlin	Flak or nightfighter. Crashed near Dusseldorf	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery , 7. A. 4.		Halifax HR876, piloted by Flight Sergeant H. V. Stinson, was shot down whilst on a bombing raid to Berlin, on 2-3 December 1943. Acting on Pathfinder duties as Backer Up, they were lost to either flak or night fighter attack, crashing near Düsseldorf. All the crew were killed.
2	Day	Michael John	Sergeant	1319108		RAFVR	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-12-02	Halifax	II	HR876	TL-S	Graveley	1708	Berlin	Flak or nightfighter. Crashed near Dusseldorf	Killed Age 21	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 7. A. 5.		Halifax HR876, piloted by Flight Sergeant H. V. Stinson, was shot down whilst on a bombing raid to Berlin, on 2-3 December 1943. Acting on Pathfinder duties as Backer Up, they were lost to either flak or night fighter attack, crashing near Düsseldorf. All the crew were killed. dayx
3	McCubbin	Francis Cole	Flight Sergeant	R/100257		RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-12-02	Halifax	II	HR876	TL-S	Graveley	1708	Berlin	Flak or nightfighter. Crashed near Dusseldorf	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database	Halifax HR876, piloted by Flight Sergeant H. V. Stinson, was shot down whilst on a bombing raid to Berlin, on 2-3 December 1943. Acting on Pathfinder duties as Backer Up, they were lost to either flak or night fighter attack, crashing near Düsseldorf. All the crew were killed.
4	Merrill	George	Sergeant	1005888		RAFVR	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-12-02	Halifax	II	HR876	TL-S	Graveley	1708	Berlin	Flak or nightfighter. Crashed near Dusseldorf	Killed Age 31	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 7. A. 3.		Halifax HR876, piloted by Flight Sergeant H. V. Stinson, was shot down whilst on a bombing raid to Berlin, on 2-3 December 1943. Acting on Pathfinder duties as Backer Up, they were lost to either flak or night fighter attack, crashing near Düsseldorf. All the crew were killed.
5	Richardson	Desmond Albert	Sergeant	169470		RAFVR	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-12-02	Halifax	II	HR876	TL-S	Graveley	1708	Berlin	Flak or nightfighter. Crashed near Dusseldorf	Killed Age 31	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 7. A. 8.		Halifax HR876, piloted by Flight Sergeant H. V. Stinson, was shot down whilst on a bombing raid to Berlin, on 2-3 December 1943. Acting on Pathfinder duties as Backer Up, they were lost to either flak or night fighter attack, crashing near Düsseldorf. All the crew were killed.
6	Stinson	H V	Flight Sergeant			RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-12-02	Halifax	II	HR876	TL-S	Graveley	1708	Berlin	Flak or nightfighter. Crashed near Dusseldorf	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database	Halifax HR876, piloted by Flight Sergeant H. V. Stinson, was shot down whilst on a bombing raid to Berlin, on 2-3 December 1943. Acting on Pathfinder duties as Backer Up, they were lost to either flak or night fighter attack, crashing near Düsseldorf. All the crew were killed.
7	Wells	Roy Horace	Sergeant		Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency) Pathfinder Force	1943-12-02	Halifax	II	HR876	TL-S	Graveley	1708	Berlin	Crashed near Dusseldorf	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Air Gunner initially with 10 Squadron, then based at R.A.F. Melbourne, Yorkshire, joining with his crew directly from 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit on 9 July 1943. He flew his first operational sortie on 24 July 1943, a raid on Hamburg, and between the end of July and September 1943 the crew flew a further 11 operational sorties including the Krupps works at Essen; Operation Gomorrah, the Hamburg Firestorm raids; Mannheim; Nuremberg; Milan; Operation Hydra, the Peenemunde raid to bomb the V2 rocket research establishment; Leverkusen; and Munchengladbach. At the end of September the crew were transferred to 35 Squadron to begin Pathfinder Force operations. Serving in Pathfinder Force roles as Supporter, Visual Marker, and Backer Up they completed a further 12 operational sorties including Hannover, Bochum, Kassal (twice), Bremen, Caen, Leverkusen, and Berlin. Wells was killed in action when Halifax HR876, piloted by Flight Sergeant H. V. Stinson, was shot down whilst on a bombing raid to Berlin, on 2-3 December 1943. Acting on Pathfinder duties as Backer Up, they were lost to either flak or night fighter attack, crashing near Düsseldorf. All the crew were killed. Wells is buried alongside his crew in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. His medals were sent to his mother, Mrs. Hannah Wells. 115 Ashdon Road, Saffron Walden, Essex

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