RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Aspinall, Clifford

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Aspinall
  • FORENAME
Clifford
  • UNIT
148 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.)
  • RANK
Sergeant
  • NUMBER
2206350
  • DATE OF DEATH
5th August 1944
  • AGE
  • GRAVESITE
Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery,Poland 1.E.13
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
air gunner
Halifax
shot down over Poland
 
Sgt Aspinall was on the same Halifax JP162FS-S as my father Sgt John Rae which was delivering supplies to Poland on the night of Aug 4/5th 1944 Their plane made their drop and was shot down near Wojnarowa The pilot Flt Officer Gavin McCall also lost his life the other 4 crew were able to bale out and with the help of Polish partisans made their way home and arrived in March 1945 in the UK.
I will remember these men with pride They will not be forgotten.
 
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