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Flying Officer Joseph Sydney Holmes DFC
Royal Air Force 83 Squadron

(d.19th Feb 1943)
Flying Officer Joseph Sydney Holmes DFC did not return from an operation to Wilhelmshaven on 18/19 February 1943. He served in 83 Squadron and was flying a Lancaster Mk.1 Serial Range R5842 - R5763 which was presumed crashed in the sea. The following crew were lost.

F/L John Alexander Bright Twice MID Age 24 Runnymede Memorial Panel 119
F/O Joseph Sydney Holmes DFC Age 35 Runnymede Memorial Panel 125
P/O John Kenneth Ridley DFM RAAF Age 25 Runnymede Memorial Panel 191
F/S Albert Edmund Schildknecht Age 25 Runnymede Memorial Panel 139
F/S John McAllister Age 20 Runnymede Memorial Panel 137
F/S Raymond Leslie Merrett Age 20 Runnymede Memorial Panel 138
F/S Leslie Knill Age 29 Sage War Cemetary 7. E. 11.

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