NICKEL RAIDS (C) – 24/05/1943

SGT. C.W. ASTLE – (R.A.F.) – DIED.
SGT. W. ANTCLIFFE (R.A.F.) – DIED.
SGT. C.F.S. WELLS (R.A.F.) – DIED.
SGT. A. DRURY (R.A.F.) – DIED.
SGT. C.A. WARNES (R.A.F.) – DIED.

DETAILS OF ACCIDENT
On the 23-24th May 1943, Wellington 111 BK489 was lost on a Nickel Raid, taking off from RAF Lichfield, heading for Paris. There is no information about what happened to the plane or it’s crew. They were lost without trace. Their names are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.