Green Crew 11 (5 missions; Aug - Sept 1943)

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*P/O Herbert Green, Pilot (RAF); Sgt. Stanley C. H. Hearn, F/E (RAF); Sgt. John Cross Nav. (RAF); *Sgt. Ernest C. Coward, W-A/G (RAF); F/Sgt. Alan F. Cudd, B/A (RAF); W/O 1 Allan Heaney, A/G; F/Sgt. Dennis J. Burge, A/G (RAF).

*Confirmed.

On 22/23rd Sept. 1943 P/O Green and crew participated on a raid to Hannover, Germany. Flying Halifax V, serial # LK-909 (coded IP-G), they FTR, all were killed.

LK909 was shot down by a Lt. Heinz Bock (Honours – EK 1 & 2 Night Fighter Operational Clasp) of the Luftwaffe 8./NJG1 night-fighter group flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4, at a height of 4,500 metres at 22.40 hours over Ströhnen, South Barenburg.

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