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Crash Wellington MK.IV Golleville

Then assigned to bomb Cherbourg, the Wellington MK.IV of the 458 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was shot down by the German FLAK and crashed there on January 9, 1942.
Crew:
★ F/O. Bernard Peter Hickey , Australian, pilot, 28 years old, deceased, lies in Cherbourg cemetery.
★ Sgt. Victor William Johnstone, Australian, co-pilot, 24 years old, deceased, lies in Cherbourg cemetery.
★ P/O. Robert Birnie, New Zealand, observer, 24 years old, deceased, lies in Cherbourg cemetery.
★ Sgt. Albert Sydney Austin , radio, 23 years old, deceased, lies in Cherbourg cemetery.
★ Sgt. William Wallace Forgan, Australian, machine-gunner, 22 years old deceased, lies in Cherbourg cemetery.., 
★ Sgt. Fred Hinton , machine-gunner, 24 years old, deceased, lies in Cherbourg cemetery.

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