DAMBUSTERS Hornby, Eric

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hornby ​

• FORENAME

Eric ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1304938 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1943 ​

• AGE

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• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 24.F.12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

RAF 1940​

9 RC 18.7.1940​

Wittering 2.8.1940​

North Luffenham 5.2.1941​

797 (D) Squadron 11.8.1941​

ACRC 14.11.1941​

14 ITW 22.11.1941​

4 AGS 23.5.1942​

19 OTU 14.7.1942​

1654 CU 1.10.1942​

44 Squadron 22.12.1942​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

air gunner​

Lancaster JA898​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

hit by flak and crashed between Recke and Obersteinbeck,Germany ​

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