The Crew of: DK257

Pilot: F/L D.S. Morgan RCAF PoW
Sgt D. Brown PoW
F/O F.H. Ditchburn RCAF PoW
P/O J.P. O'Leary RCAF PoW
P/O B.L. Gillis RCAF PoW
Sgt Thomas Henry Pritchard KIA (CWGC Page)
Sgt Montague Edwards KIA (CWGC Page)

The crew of DK257 got airborne at 23.45 on the 13th July 1943 from Middleton St.George.

Outbound at 16,000 feet, shot down by a night-fighter near Tilburg (Noord Brabant) and crashed 0200 at Genderen, 6 km NNE of Waalwijk.

Both Air Gunners are commemorated on the Runnymede Meorial.

Sgt D.Brown was interned in Camps L6/357. PoW No.375.
F/O F.H.Ditchburn in Camp L3, PoW No.1771 with F/L D.S.Morgan, PoW No.1782.
P/O B.L.Gillis (promoted to F/O during captivity) in Camps L6/L3, PoW No.389.

External Links

ARC Page all about this aircraft

RAF Middleton St George the Nissen Huts and the Control Tower