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HULL, George

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number W4377
Markings DX-
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot EE. Grave 1..
Epitaph TO BE REMEMBERED BY THOSE HE LOVED WOULD BE ALL HE WOULD HAVE ASKED
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 52
Enlistment information
Service Number 1541699
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 57
Trade Flight Engineer
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 21-06-1943
End Date 22-06-1943
Takeoff Station Scampton
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Krefeld
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Maj. Walter Ehle of Stab II./NJG1 (his 29th victory). Crashed at approximately 01:50 hours near Boschweg Road, behind the De Ketting Café in a forested area of Boxtel, Netherlands. All of the crew perished. The local fire brigade attended the scene when a bomb exploded in the burning wreckage killing two firemen and seriously injuring three more. The two dead firemen were Petrius van der Ven and Martinus Goossens.