F/O F. LUPTON. (R.A.F.) – DIED.                   W/O M.L. PIERPOINT (R.A.F.) – DIED.

P/O A. EASTON (R.A.F.) – DIED.                    P/O E. J. C. WHEBLE (R.A.F.) – DIED.

F/O P.G. FELCE (R.A.F.) – DIED.

 

DETAILS OF ACCIDENT

On the night of the 16th-17th of September 1942, Wellington 1C N2782 took off from RAF Lichfield at 19.49, in another 1,000-bomber raid. This time the target was Essen.  All crew members were killed and all are  buried in Rheinbergh War Cemetery in Germany.