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PHILPOT JT
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PHILPOT, James

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number R5691
Markings VN-
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Bayeux War Cemetery
Grave Reference XXVIII. J. 9..
Epitaph A LIFE NOBLY GIVEN IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 85
Enlistment information
Service Number 403532
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 5
Squadron 50
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different Australia
Last Operation information
Start Date 24-10-1942
End Date 24-10-1942
Takeoff Station Skellingthorpe
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Milan
Reason for Loss Presumed to have crashed in the sea off the Normandy coast. Four bodies later recovered