The Crew of : JD297

Pilot: W/C Henry Reginald Coventry (CWGC Page) DFC KIA Aged 27
Sgt Geoffrey Tristram Pine-Coffin (CWGC Page) Flight Engineer KIA
F/L Frederick Edward King (CWGC Page) Navigator DFC KIA Aged 21
F/O Crosby Frank Read (CWGC Page) Bomb Aimer KIA Aged 24
Sgt Walter Brown (CWGC Page) Wirewless Operator KIA Aged 23
Sgt William Hardy (CWGC Page) Gunner KIA Aged 20
F/L George Frank Hogg (CWGC Page) Gunner KIA Aged 33

JD297 was airborne at 23.34 on the 13th Jul 1943 from Pocklington.
Cause of loss not established.
Crashed near Maubeuge (Nord), France, where all were buried 15 Jul 43.

W/C Coventry was the son of The Hon. T.G.Coventry and Alice Coventry of Victoria, British Columbia. W/C
Coventry was 102 Squadron Commander.
F/L Hogg was Squadron Gunnery Leader.

Amazingly we actually have a photo of this exact plane... which I have borrowed off another web site, with thanks.. click it for a very large version..

The photo below is taken from a post about Sgt Reg Bower's, used with thanks. It show's Wing Commander H R Coventry, along with other members of 102 Squadron.

Air Commodore Gus Walker went onto to be Air Chief Marshal SIR Augustus Walker, GCB, OBE, DSO, DFC, AFC, MA.
Gus Walker was the station commander at the time Joe was there. He was a nationally known boxer before the war and became a hero when he ran to a crashed bomber to drag out the crew and it blew up and he lost an arm.