I am searching for the relatives of the crew of the ABC equipped Lancaster SR-V2 that crashed at Rebrechien, France on 28/29 July 1944 en route for Stuttgart. A memorial service is planned for later this uyear in France.
The other crew were
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Name: BROWN, ERIC RONALD Initials: E R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 101 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 28/07/1944 Service No: 1318339 Additional information: Son of Ronald and Eileen Alice Brown, of Upper Norwood, Surrey. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave. Cemetery: REBRECHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Name: CRANE, THOMAS Initials: T Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant (Air Bomber) Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 101 Sqdn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 28/07/1944 Service No: 1532034 Additional information: Son of Thomas and Maud Crane, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave. Cemetery: REBRECHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Name: HODGSON, JOHN Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 101 Sqdn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 28/07/1944 Service No: 984920 Additional information: Son of George and Ivy Hodgson; husband of Constance Emily Hodgson, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave. Cemetery: REBRECHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Name: HYLAND, PETER JOSEPH Initials: P J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot) Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 101 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 28/07/1944 Service No: 177687 Additional information: Son of Harold and Adeline Archer Hyland, of Entre Rios, Argentine. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave. Cemetery: REBRECHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Name: MOORE, JOHN THOMAS VICTOR Initials: J T V Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant (W. Op. [Air]) Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 101 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 28/07/1944 Service No: 1582062 Additional information: Son of Percy Wilfred and Ida Ellen Moore, of Hinckley, Leicestershire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave. Cemetery: REBRECHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Name: SMITH, CLIFFORD ERNEST Initials: C E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flight Sergeant (Nav.) Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 101 Sqdn. Date of Death: 28/07/1944 Service No: 1542938 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave. Cemetery: REBRECHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Name: TUURI, ALBERT WILLIAM Initials: A W Nationality: Canadian Rank: Pilot Officer (Air Bomber) Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 101 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 30 Date of Death: 28/07/1944 Service No: J/95438 Additional information: Son of Easias Emil and Maria Eleanora Tuuri. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave. Cemetery: REBRECHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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