Vickers Wellington Mk.II (W5414 PH-) on a mission to lle de Re on 1942-07-20
On Sunday, 19 July 1942, (a part of) the aircraft of the 12 squadron (RNZAF), took off for a mission to lle de Re, a mining mission near La Rochelle. from a station (airfield) in or near Binbrook.
One of the crew members was Flight Sergeant E Waple RNZAF. He departed for his mission at 22:01.
He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type II, with serial W5414 and code PH-). His mission and of the other crew members was planned for Monday, 20 July 1942.
P/O John Patrick Muirhead
Sgt William Joseph Brazier
F/Sgt Eric Waple
Sgt Charles Henry Durrant
Sgt Cyril Waldron
P/O Muirhead and Eric Waple are buried in ars=en-re cemetary near La Rochelle
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