| George, the following is taken from 'RAF Bomber Command Losses' Vol.2 - W R. Chorley.
15/16 October 1941.
75 Squadron.
Wellington IC W5663 AA-
Op: Cologne.
Crew.
Sgt. R C. Barker +
P/O. T B. Robertson RNZAF +
F/S. H D. Grimes RAAF +
Sgt. D L. Beney +
Sgt. G F. Cole pow
Sgt. J B. Stephenson RCAF pow
Took off Feltwell. Crashed near Dusseldorf, where those who died were buried in the Nord Friedhof. Since the end of hostilities, their remains have been taken to the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
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The following is taken from 'The Bomber Command War Diaries' - Middlebrook / Everitt.
15/16 October 1941.
Cologne.
27 Wellingtons and 7 Stirling's. 3 Wellingtons lost.
Crews reported large fires in Cologne but the city recorded only a handful of bombs with no damage or casualties. Villages well east of the Rhine were hit, however, and in one of them, Lindenthal, a children's hospital was hit, though casualties are not mentioned. The synthetic-oil refinery at Wesseling, 7 miles south of Cologne was hit by a high-explosive bomb which caused 8,000 tons of fuel production to be lost. Duisburg, 30 miles from Cologne, was also bombed, probably in error.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
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