DAMBUSTERS Wyness, Drew Rothwell Cullen

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wyness ​

• FORENAME

Drew Rothwell Cullen ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Squadron Leader ​

• NUMBER

103028 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

7th October 1944 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Choloy War Cemetery,France 4.B.6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Andrew Cullen and Helen Wyness​

husband of Ruth Wyness,Altrincham,Cheshire​

50 Squadron​

A/Flight Lt​

award DFC (20.4.1943)​

617 Squadron​

pilot​

Lancaster NG180​

Kembs Dam,River Rhine,Germany​

hit by flak and crashed landed River Rhine near Chalampe,Haut-Rhin,France​

POW but shot by Germans and body thrown in River Rhine - recovered ​

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