Stanley Holmes Lincoln
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Son of Frank and Eileen A. Lincoln, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.
2/3 June 1942 Lancaster R5613 61 Sqn take off 00.01 RAF Syerston mission Essen shot down by Bf110 night fighter piloted by Ofw Fritz Schellwat 5/NJG1 crashing at La Hulpe, killing all but one crew member.
Also killed
P/O Ralph Clark DFM
Sgt Edward Patchett
F/Sgt Alastair McKelvie DFM
Sgt Oliver Beswick
F/Sgt Norman Hartley - Son of Norman and Francis Hartley, of Harrogate, Yorkshire. MIA.
Sgt William Griffiths bailed out landing near Plancenoit, injured bullet wound to the arm. Evaded via Spain on the " Comet Line " The best-known of the Belgian resistance networks, The Comet Line, organized by Andrée (Dédée) de Jongh, involved some 2,000 resistance members and was able to escort 700 Allied servicemen to Spain.
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