Oliver Percy Beswick
Solicitor, Clerk.
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Son of Ernest John and Amy Bertha Beswick, of Birmingham; husband of Dorothy Irene Beswick, of Stechford, Birmingham.
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.
P/O Ralph Clark DFM
Sgt Stanley Lincoln RNZAF
Sgt Edward Patchett
F/Sgt Alastair McKelvie DFM - Also killed.
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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Photo of Oliver Percy Beswick
Photo of Oliver Percy Beswick