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Flight Sergeant Eric Frederick Minshall Braddock

One of five planes lost this night, the others being:

MZ292 DY-C Piloted by Fl/Sgt. James Kelso
MZ301 DY-M Piloted by Sq/Ldr. David Fisher D.F.C. D.F.M.
MZ642 DY-U Piloted by Sgt. Adam Barr.
MZ652 DY-Z Piloted by F/O. Austin Maxwell.

LW192 DY-H 16/06/1944 - Sterkrade

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F/S Eric Frederick Minshall Braddock - Pilot - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Winston Alyerstone Reid - Nav - Aged 26 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald Leslie Putt - B/A - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Owen Booker - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ernest Finch Finch - A/G - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Gerald Hadfield - A/G - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Enrico “Eric” William Zaccheo - F/E/ - Aged 32 - (C.W.G.C.)

Tracie Minshall-Jones has kindly sent us a whole bunch of photo's, some of which we need your help with.

 

On the right, the crew of LW192 DY-H Fl/Sgt. Eric Braddock front centre, Sgt. Ernest Finch back 3rd from left, Sgt. Enrico “Eric” Zaccheo 1st on the right.

They got arborne at 23.00 from Pocklington, but were shot down by a night- fighter whose cannon fire caused the Halifax to explode at 02.03 and scattered debris between Bourmalsen (Gelderland) and nearby Buren, 7 km WNW from Tiel.

 

All are buried in Buren General Cemetery.

 

 

 

Eric Braddock is on the far left, but who are the other three pilots?? (This is as big as this photo gets)

 

Eric Braddock and Fiancee Elsie

 

Elsie in the middle centre and her colleagues at the N.A.A.F.I.

 

The original Crew graves.

A member of the Dutch underground buried the whole crew, whilst the people of Buren laid flowers at the funeral.

 

In this same cemetery the bodies of some German casualties were buried, (See Photo above) which after the war had finished, were re interred back in Germany.

 

 

In 1956 the R.B.L. took Elsie, her niece and other relations over to visit the graves of the crew in Buren General Cemetery. Elsie and her sister 4th and 5th from the right

 

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