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PB 802 Avro Lancaster Mk 1 of 15 Squadron Royal Air Force.
On the afternoon of 17th January 1945, Avro Lancaster PB802 took off from RAF Mildenhall at 1603 hrs for a local cross country navigation and bombing exercise. It crashed near Harling at 2130 hrs. There were no survivors.
Five of the crew are buried at Cambridge City Cemetery. Fg Off Fuller and Fg Off Freedman were claimed by their families and buried in their local area.
Flying Officer John Henry CRONE RAAF Aged 21
Flying Officer William Ernest FULLER RAFVR
Flying Officer Harry Harold FREEDMAN RAFVR Aged 20
Pilot Officer Lex Maitland RIORDAN RAAF Aged 20
Flight Sergeant Leonard Richard WILKINS RAFVR Aged 22
Sergeant Richard DEVLIN RAFVR Aged 31
Sergeant George Russell LAKE RAFVR Aged 31
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