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Geoffrey Arthur Welch | |||
| Rank: | Flt.Lieutenant | Number: | 156100 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 622 Sqn RAFVR | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Bomber Command | ||
| Died: | 15/02/1944 | Age: | 22 |
| Country of burial: | Germany | Grave Photo: | No |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Berlin 1939 - 1945 Cemetery | ||
| Town Memorial: | Hale | ||
| Extra Information: | |||
They took off at 17.35 hours from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, in a Lancaster Mk I - No. W4268 GI-A, to bomb Berlin. Shot down by a night fighter over Germany, they crashed at Neu Gaarz, where they were originally buried. At the end of hostilities, their remains were transferred to the Berlin 1939-45 Cemetery. The other crew members were:- Pilot (2nd ?) - Flight Sgt. James Robin Garbutt RNZAF, aged: 24; Flight Engineer - Sgt. Alfred Allsop; Navigator - Sgt. Sidney George Rees, aged: 30; Bomb Aimer - Sgt. Francis Peter Bramley, aged: 20; Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - Flight Sgt. Kenneth McGregor Neilson, aged: 23; Air Gunner - Sgt. James McSpadyen, aged: 26; Air Gunner - Flight Sgt Monteith Samual Pearson, aged: 23. | |||
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