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Crew of Lancaster JB 652, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Richard E. Flagg (WMR-72637) 25 Sep 2020
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Crew of Lancaster JB 652, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Richard E. Flagg (WMR-72637)( 25 Sep 2025
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Crew of Lancaster JB 652, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Richard E. Flagg (WMR-72637) 25 Sep 2025
Reference WMO/305575
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Stone (any)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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(Picture of Lancaster bomber)/THIS STONE HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE/OF HALESWORTH IN GRATITUDE FOR THE BRAVERY/OF FLYING OFFICER D.W. FIELD AND HIS CREW OF/AVRO LANCASTER JB 652 "A" APPLE No 7 SQUADRON/(PATHFINDERS) RAF OAKINGTON// ON THE NIGHT OF 20th DECEMBER 1943, FLYING OFFICER/DONALD WILLIAM FIELD AND HIS CREW, CAME UNDER HEAVY/ATTACK ON A NIGHT RAID TO FRANKFURT, FORCING THEM/TO RETURN WITH A FULL BOMB LOAD WHICH THEY WERE UNABLE/TO JETTISON OWING TO DAMAGE TO THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM./THE PILOT STRUGGLED FOR OVER TWO HOURS WITH THE/STRICKEN AIRCRAFT BEFORE ORDERING HIS CREW TO BALE/OUT RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF WARRANT OFFICER/RICHARD BRADLEY SMITH DFC, WHOSE PARACHUTE FAILED/TO OPEN, FLYING OFFICER FIELD BATTLED TO KEEP HEIGHT/AND VALIANTLY STEERED HIS AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE/POPULATED AREA OF HALESWORTH. HE BALED OUT AT A/HEIGHT OF ONLY 800 FEET JUST BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT/CRASHED INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE BETWEEN WISSETT AND/CHEDISTON. HIS COURAGE AND TENACITY SAVED HALESWORTH/FROM SEVERE DAMAGE AND LARGE LOSS OF LIFE BY THE/HUGE BOMB LOAD THE AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING.// THE CREW OF "A" APPLE WERE/ PILOT F/O DONALD WILLIAM FIELD DFC/ FLIGHT ENGINEER SGT. PETER KOFOED/ AIR BOMBER F/SGT ARTHUR HALVORSEN NAVIGATOR F/SGT. TOMMY KELLY CGM., DFM/ WIRELESS OPERATOR SGT. ROBERT CRAWLEY/ MID-UPPER GUNNER SGT. GEORGE ARMSTRONG/ REAR GUNNER W/O RICHARD BRADLEY SMITH DFC//
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