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Wing Commander Henry R. Coventry - DFC

Pilot and Wing Commander of 102 Squadron

On the 13/14 July 1943 three hundred and seventy four aircraft took off from airfields all over the UK on a mission to bomb the city of Aachen in Germany, and Sergeant Joseph Marsh, (The webmaster's Great Uncle) was aboard one of those planes.

The night of the 13 July 1943 is remembered by many of the 102 veterans still alive for one reason, it is the night that Wing Commander Henry Coventry was shot down and killed along with all of his crew.

The Crew of : JD297

W/C Henry Reginald Coventry - DFC - KIA - Pilot - Aged 27 - (CWGC Page)
Sgt Geoffrey Tristram Pine-Coffin - F/E - KIA - (CWGC Page)
F/L Frederick Edward King - Nav - DFC - KIA - Aged 21 - (CWGC Page)
F/O Crosby Frank Read - BA - KIA - Aged 24 - (CWGC Page)
Sgt Walter Brown - WOp - KIA - Aged 23 - (CWGC Page)
Sgt William Hardy - AG - KIA - Aged 20 - (CWGC Page)
F/L George Frank Hogg - AG - KIA - Aged 33 - (CWGC Page)

 

JD297 was airborne at 23.34 on the 13th Jul 1943 from Pocklington.
Cause of loss not established.
Crashed near Maubeuge (Nord), France, where all were buried 15 Jul 43.

Courtesy of www.ww1cemeteries.com/

W/C Coventry was the son of The Hon. T.G.Coventry and Alice Coventry of Victoria, British Columbia. W/C
Coventry was 102 Squadron Commander.
F/L Hogg was Squadron Gunnery Leader.