CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
POLLITT |
First Name/s: |
Alan James |
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Service No/s: |
1624430 |
Service: |
RAFVR |
Branch: |
Air Gunner |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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07 Dec 1943 |
Joined No. 576 Squadron, ‘B’ Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire. |
Lancaster |
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20 Dec 1943 |
Faied to return. |
Lancaster |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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20 Dec 1943 |
W4123 |
UL-R2 |
FRANKFURT |
1700 |
FTR |
nk |
P1 Flt Sgt F. Ball |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries Frankfurt; lost in W4123 UL-R2, aged 29 Shot down by Oblt. Werner Baake of 3./NJG-1 and crashed at De Planck, Voeren, Belgium. No survivors Initially buried by the Germans at Brusthem (Sint Tryuden/St Trond) Cemetery, and reinterred on 25 Mar 47 at Heverlee War Cemetery, Louvain, Belgium, grave 5.B.1 “ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS” |
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PERSONAL INFORMATION |
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PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS |
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