Documents

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Always Prepared

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List of the operational sorties undertaken by Lancaster ED627
 
 
 

 

The Loss Card for Lancaster ED627
 
 
 
 All G15 on the document means that they are dead
 

 

Reverse side of loss card
 
 
 
 P? 3291 - from IRCC (International Red Cross Committee), quoting German ????: 7dead - Fitzgerald, Pratt, Preston, Toomey, Goodwin + 2 unknown
 
 RBI 6504 - 28/8 Lanc. 5 identified + 2 unknown
 
 184/177-183 buried 1-9-43 Schwäbisch Hall - ??????????.
 
 
 
 

List of operations flown by PO. Fitzgerald and probably the rest of the crew.

This the telegram received by PO. Fitzgerald's father telling him that his son was killed on operations on August 28, 

Note date of telegram, November 2, some two months later.

The original Police Report about the crash of ED627 (in German)
 
                     
 

To view an English translation of the Police Report about the crash together with location maps
 
 click here

Legend

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The German documents and information from Germany about the aircraft lost in the Schwäbisch Hall area on this website has been supplied by Herr Dr. Müller, Archivist of  Schwäbisch Hall.

Our thanks to him for his help.