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Crashed en route from RAF Middle Wallop to RAF Watton. The railway embankment of the branch line nr RAF High Wycombe, 6/6/44. Capt. Walter D. Gernand (pilot) and Sgt Ebbet C. Lynch (nav.) - killed.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 654th Bomb Squadron 8th Reconnaissance Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18042680 / O-431203
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 654th Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19177415
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Cameraman

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Manufactured

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK 24 March 1944 Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-3-1944 and 31-12-1944.

Crashed

6 June 1944 Crashed en route from RAF Middle Wallop to RAF Watton. The railway embankment of the branch line nr RAF High Wycombe. Capt. Walter D. Gernand (pilot) - killed. Sgt Ebbet C. Lynch (nav.) - killed.

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