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| Name | HIGGINS |
| First names | Wilfred |
| Rank | Sgt |
| Service | RAF |
| Service number | 657489 |
| Crew position | Wireless Operator |
| Age | 34 |
| Date of death | 08/07/44 |
| Cemetery | Marissel National Cemetery Oise France |
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| 7/8 July, 1944; ST-LUE-D'ESSERENT
(CRIEL): 5 Group paid a second visit to the V1 storage dump at
St Leu on the 7th. A slightly smaller force of 208 Lancasters
led by Pathfinder Mosquitoes, accurately bombed the tunnels in
which the flying bombs were stored. But the cost in men and aircraft
was to be high; 29 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes were lost as German
night-fighters again took their toll. The second crew reported missing was that piloted by F/O Cyril Baker (LL976); again there were no survivors. This crew lie at rest together in Marissel Cemetery, Oise, France. Lancaster LL976 (EA-A) F/O C. Baker Pilot (Killed) Sgt J.M. Moss F/E (Killed) W/O J.H. Stibbard RAAF NAV (Killed) Sgt W. Higgins W/OP (Killed) Sgt E.W. Everett A/G (Killed) F/S H.H. Hewitt A/B (Killed) Sgt R.E. Nineham A/G (Killed) Crew on their 4th operation |
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