NICKEL RAIDS (B) – 28/04/1942

F/O. L.G. CHICK – (R.A.F) – DIED.
SGT. F.J. DODD – (R.A.F.) – DIED.
SGT. M. B. REMFRY – (R.A.F.) – DIED.
SGT. J.R. STUKINS – (R.A.F.) – DIED.
SGT. A. J. GLAISTER – (R.A.A.F.) – DIED.

DETAILS OF ACCIDENT
On the evening of 27-28th April 1942, two crews from RAF Lichfield were lost on the same mission (NRA & NRB). They were sent to scatter leaflets in the Lille region of France. The first aircraft, Wellington 1C X9635 with a crew of 5 took off from RAF Lichfield at 21.58. They never returned and are all buried in Heverlee War Cemetery in Belgium.