102 (Ceylon) Squadron

Tentate et perficite (Attempt and Achieve)

Flight Sergeant Arthur Thomas Fraser

On the 10th July 1943 - BB249 DY-Z - took off for Gelsenkirchen.

Shot down by a nightfighter at 02.40hrs, it crashed 6km SE of Rochefort, Belgium.

F/S Arthur Thomas Fraser - RAAF - Pilot - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt T. Stockton - Nav - POW
Sgt Willie Morse - F/E - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S John George Herbert Mansell - WOp - Aged 37 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt R. Glass - R.C.A.F. - A/G - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt H. Edwards - A/G - POW
Sgt R. Brand - B/A - POW

John George Herbert Mansell, child of Joseph Thomas and Mary Ann Mansell was born in 1906. Married Hilda Evelyn Mansell and lived in Poole, Dorset.

For anyone connected to this crew, we have been contacted by Willie Morse's Nephew Keith, please have a look on Willie's page for more details, thanks.

 

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