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Name BONE
First names Alexander Victor
Rank F/O
Service RAF
Service number 48898
Crew position Pilot
Age 31
Date of death 16-17/04/43
Cemetery No known grave (remembered at Runnymede)

Photographed by Malcolm Brooke
From the panel at Runnymede

The Runnymede image was created by artist Paul Reid using photographs taken by Jo Cockburn and Malcolm Brooke

49Sqn Association

A second image of F/O Bone courtesy of "Dave and Martin" who run the RAF Fiskerton airfield website (see links)
Two quite different images of Alexander Bone

16/17 April, 1943; PILZEN:
In the light of a full moon, 327 heavy bombers went after the Skoda armaments works. Aircraft from the squadron pressed home their attacks with great determination. Unfortunately the bombing photos brought back, showed the raid to have been a failure, with a large asylum building several miles away being mistaken for the factory. To make matters worse, the cost had been very high; 18 Halifaxes and 18 Lancaster crews failed to return.

F/O Alex Bone and crew on just their 2nd trip had tragically perished in the night and are presumed to have come down in the sea.

Lancaster ED427 (EA-O)
F/O A.V. Bone Pilot (Missing)
Sgt R.N.P. Foster F/E (Missing)
Sgt C.W. Yelland NAV (Missing)
Sgt R.C. White WAG (Missing)
Sgt R. Cope A/G (Missing)
Sgt R.J. Rooney B/A (Missing)
P/O B.E. Watt RCAF A/G (Missing)

Crew on their 2nd operation

Thank you to Dave and Martin who run the RAF Fiskerton airfield website for this image

Thank you to Dave and Martin who run the RAF Fiskerton airfield website for this image

Since 2009 a group of German historians have been researching a crashsite which they believe might be that of ED427.
Many details are still to be confirmed but, as the following articles and pictures show, aircraft remains have been discovered.

Images courtesy of "Arbeitsgruppe Vermisstenforschung"

For a translation of the first article click this link (opens in a new window)

Images courtesy of "Arbeitsgruppe Vermisstenforschung"

For a translation of the second article click this link (opens in a new window)

Images courtesy of "Arbeitsgruppe Vermisstenforschung"

Images courtesy of "Arbeitsgruppe Vermisstenforschung"

Images courtesy of "Arbeitsgruppe Vermisstenforschung"