Service No. 422623

Date of Birth: 23 Jan 1922

Place of Birth: KATOOMBA, NSW

Date of Enlistment: 22 May 1942

Date of Death: 08 Jun 1944

Burial place: Harrogate (Stonefall) cemetery, Yorkshire

Rank: Flying Officer

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Crew Halifax LL-459:

• P/O Raymond Leslie FRANCIS - (Pilot)

• F/O William Edgar Laurence MOODY - (Air Bomber)

• F/Sgt William Robert Rex PORTER (Navigator)

• F/Sgt Gilbert Francis BROWN - (WAG)

• F/Sgt Kevin William HENNESSY - (WAG)

• Sgt Frederick William REED (RAF Flight Engineer)

 

On 8 June 1944, Halifax LL-459 took off from RAF Sandtoft for a night cross country flight. At about 0210 hours, the aircraft dived out of control onto the banks of the river Humber, at a place known locally as Howden Dyke Island, just to the south of Hook east of Goole, Yorkshire. It was believed the aircraft stalled. All crew of 6 were killed.