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21st April 1943On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Hodges Alfred Malcolm. Sgt. (d.21st Apr 1943)
- McKelvie Charles Dale. Sgt. (d.21st Apr 1943)
- Ward Victor Trevor Denis Gordon. Spr. (d.21st April 1943)
- Warnes Jack. Flt Sgt (d.21st Apr 1943)
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Flt Sgt Jack Warnes. Royal Air Force, 218 Squadron. (d.21st Apr 1943) Dave Hooper
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Sgt. Charles Dale McKelvie. Royal Air Force, 90 Squadron. (d.21st Apr 1943) Charles Dale McKelvie was the only son of William and Catherine McKelvie. He enlisted early in the war, and died aged 22 when his Stirling crashed into the sea over Denmark after being hit by German anti-aircraft flak. His body was recovered later that year, and was interred in Denmark's Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery.Evelyn McKelvie
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Sgt. Alfred Malcolm Hodges. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 100 Squadron. (d.21st Apr 1943) Sergeant Alfred Malcolm Hodges was known to family and friends as 'Malcolm'. He was born and grew up in Trowbridge, Wiltshire and was one of seven children, having one brother Peter and five sisters Kate, Betty, Ilene, Daphne, Avril and Thelma.
Malcolm served with RAF 100 Squadron and flew on a night mission, taking off from Grimsby on 20th April 1943, along with fellow crew members Pilot Flight Lieutenant William A Jones, Sergeant Donald R Ling, Flight Officer Guy B Herring RAAF, Sergeant Bernard M Cooper, Sergeant Samuel J Houston and Sergeant Clifford Walker.
Their aircraft was Lancaster III ED557 which belonged to RAF 100 Squadron Bomber Command and was coded HW-Y. Take off time from Grimsby was 21:57 hrs and the Operation was Stettin.
On the return flight the aircraft was tragically hit by German flak at 01:31 hrs on 21st April 1943 from II Zug I.lei 985 and from Sperrbrecker 22 and was believed to have crashed into the Store Baelt.
Only the body of Sergeant Clifford Walker was recovered from the Samso Baelt and was laid to rest in Bispebjerg Cemetery in Copenhagen on 1st May 1943, on the orders of the occupying Germans.
Sadly, none of the remaining crew members have known graves, though all are commemorated at the RAF Memorial in Runnymede, Royal Berkshire.
Sarah Hilleard
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Spr. Victor Trevor Denis Gordon Ward. British Army, Royal Engineers. (d.21st April 1943) Victor Ward served with the Royal Engineers. Samantha Evangelista
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