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209117 Flt Sgt Sydney Douglas Russell Royal Air Force 104 Squadron from:London (d.1st February 1944) Sergeant Pilot Sydney Douglas Russell. After his stint with 15 OTU converting to the Wellington 1C at Hampstead Norris Sydney was posted to 104 Squadron in North Africa. Moving on to his final base at Foggia Main in Italy and the Wellington MkX. He, along with his crew were unfortunately killed on their 32nd mission. 1st February 1944 Wellington X LN345/M Crew Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Sydney Russell Sergeant (Gunner) Arthur Long Flight Sergeant (Nav) William Fulton Flight Sergeant (W.op/Gunner) Francis Horner Flying Officer (Bomb aimer) Donald Duncan They departed Foggia at 1751 on a mission to bomb the aircraft factory at Maribor in Yugoslavia. At 2040 they were attacked SE of Maribor by a night fighter piloted by Oblt Hans Krause of 6/NJG101 based at Ingoldtadt Manching and probably a Dornier 217. Other crews reported seeing an aircraft burning in the air, still firing tracer. It went down in flames and exploded on impact. The crew are buried in the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Belgrade, Serbia. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.