Herbert Albert Toomey
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Son of Henry Valentine Toomey, and of Edith Margaret Toomey, of Marble Arch, London; husband of Beryl Elsie Toomey.
Nuremberg
Lancaster III ED627 took off 2129 from Langar. Crashed at Schwabish Hall Germany. No survivors. Fatalities: Arthur Marcus Fitgerald (P), Sydney James Mitchel (FE), Cyril Herbert Pratt (N), William Walter George Addison (WOp), Henry Albert Toomey (BA), Stephen Preston (AG), John Goodwin (AG).
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Coll. grave 9. J. 23-28.
674 aircraft - 349 Lancasters, 221 Halifaxes, 104 Stirlings took part in this raid. 11 of each type were lost. because of difficulties with Pathfinder navigation, most of the bombs fell outside the city. No industrial buildings were hit but the zoo was hit several times. 65 civilians were killed. (Source: Middlebrook and Everitt Bomber Command War Diaries, p.426).
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