Local evidence suggests that this aircraft was hit by gunfire from the ground and destroyed in mid-air. The entire crew lost their lives. They were:
F/O ROBERT FUSSELL WILDEN Flt.Sgt. PHILLIP ROLLO ALOYSISIUS ROBIN RAAF Sgt. DENNIOS ASKWITH Flt.Sgt. JAMES CHARLES HOCKING Sgt. WILLIAM NORMAN CURRUMS
Flt.Sgt. JOHN BYANT de BURGH GRIFFITH RAAF Flt.Sgt. DAVID SNEDDON MITCHELL RAAF
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DETAIL : INCEPTION AND IMPLIMENTATION : MAUREEN LEECH : DESIGN : HUGH CAWDRON : MAINTENANCE : LOCAL COMMUNITY
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The official unveiling ceremony 4th September 2004. (http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/burn.html)
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