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FARLEY WR
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FARLEY, Walter

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number V9976
Markings NF-
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Durnbach War Cemetery
Grave Reference 9. H. 20-24 (Coll.).
Epitaph WHO ENRICHED OUR LIVES, AND ENRICHES LIFE FOR ALL TIM
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 162
Enlistment information
Service Number 29089
Service Royal Air Force
Group 38
Squadron 138 (Special Duties)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 20-04-1942
End Date 21-04-1942
Takeoff Station Tempsford
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Special Operations Executive
Reason for Loss Crashed while flying in dense fog into a hillside at Kreuth in Bavaria during 'Operation Whiskey', a top secret operation involving both the SOE and the Soviet Secret Service The aircraft was carrying two Austrian agents who were killed and, possibly, a third who escaped