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P/O Henry R Anthony RAFVR and crew – 103 Squadron – RAF Elsham Wolds – 1944

Failed to Return – 14/15th July 1944 – Avro Lancaster I – ME773 – Op Revigny

Henry Anthony and his crew were posted to 103 Squadron at RAF Elsham Wolds from Heavy Conversion Unit 11 Base on the 9th June 1944. They were lost on their 10th operation. See below :-

23-Jun-44 - Saintes - Lancaster - JB555 - P/O HR Anthony

25-Jun-44 - Flers - Lancaster - ME674 - P/O HR Anthony

28-Jun-44 - Chateau Benapres - Lancaster -  PA985 - P/O HR Anthony

29-Jun-44 - Domleger - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony

02-Jul-44 - Domleger - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony

04-Jul-44 - Orleans-les-Aubrais - Lancaster - LM538 - P/O HR Anthony

05-Jul-44 - Dijon - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony

07-Jul-44 - Caen - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony

12-Jul-44 - Revigny - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony - Diverted due to rain and low cloud at base

14-Jul-44 - Revigny - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony - FTR - Crashed near Magny Fouchard, France

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P/O Henry Roy Anthony RAFVR - 21 - 103 Sqn - Son of Albert Edwin and Irene Marguerite Anthony of Helston, Cornwall - Magny Fouchard Churchyard, France

Sgt Eric Beard RAFVR – Flight Engineer - 20 - 103 Sqn - Son of George and Mary Ann Beard of Penistone, Yorkshire - Magny Fouchard Churchyard, France

Sgt Norman Hepple Maughan RAFVR – Air Bomber - 20 - 103 Sqn - Son of John and Lily Maughan, of St. Denys, Southampton - Magny Fouchard Churchyard, France

Sgt Howard Derek Birkbeck RAFVR – Navigator - 20 - 103 Sqn - Son of William Oliver and Elizabeth Birkbeck of Brighton, Sussex - Magny Fouchard Churchyard, France

Sgt James Arthur Richards RAFVR – Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - 20 - 103 Sqn - Son of Arthur and Kate Richards of Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex - Magny Fouchard Churchyard, France

Sgt William Wass RAFVR – Air Gunner - 20 - 103 Sqn - Magny Fouchard Churchyard, France

Sgt W H Taylor RAFVR - 103 Sqn - POW

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14-Jul-44 – Revigny

103 Squadron detailed 12 aircraft for this attack on the French railway yards at Revigny. The weather for take off was 10/10ths low cloud and continued the same the whole route and after the Master Bomber investigated the conditions were such that an accurate attack was impossible and the operation was abandoned. All crews jettisoned their Long Delay bombs in the designated safe area in the Channel on return and returned to base. P/O Green, P/O Gibbons, F/O Forbes, P/O West, F/O Moss and F/S Shean were diverted. P/O Ogden and P/O Anthony are missing

For this attack on railway yards at Revigny and Villeneuve in France Bomber Command detailed a total of 242 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitos of Nos 1, 5 and 8 Groups. The raid on Villeneuve was carried out and the railways were hit, though much of the bombing fell to the east of the target. The raid to Revigny was abandoned because the railway yards could not be identified due to cloud. 7 Lancasters lost from the Revigny raid.

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Lancaster – ME773

This machine was lost on its 17th operation. Most of these were with Fred Brownings and crew. See below :-

06-Jun-44 - Vire - Lancaster - ME773 - F/L GW Nixon

09-Jun-44 - Flers - Lancaster - ME773 - F/S FG Brownings

12-Jun-44 - Gelsenkirchen - Lancaster - ME773 - F/S FG Brownings

14-Jun-44 - Le Havre - Lancaster - ME773 - F/S FG Brownings

16-Jun-44 - Sterkrade - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O FG Brownings

22-Jun-44 - Mimoyecques - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O FG Brownings

23-Jun-44 – Saintes - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O FG Brownings

25-Jun-44 - Flers - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O FG Brownings

28-Jun-44 - Chateau Benapres - Lancaster -  ME773 - P/O FG Brownings

29-Jun-44 - Domleger - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony

30-Jun-44 - Oisemont Neuville au Bois - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O FG Brownings

02-Jul-44 - Domleger - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony

04-Jul-44 - Orleans-les-Aubrais - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O FG Brownings

05-Jul-44 - Dijon - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony

07-Jul-44 - Caen - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony

12-Jul-44 - Revigny - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony - Diverted due to rain and low cloud at base

14-Jul-44 - Revigny - Lancaster - ME773 - P/O HR Anthony – FTR - Crashed near Magny Fouchard., France

Item compiled by David Fell.

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