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Sgt. (Rear Gunner) Clarence "Cal" Wayte
Royal Air Force 78 Squdron
Cal was rear gunner on Halifax II bomber (W7937) on a bombing raid from Linton-on-Ouse to Essen on 3/4April 1943. Due to the failure of the port inner engine. As the crew left the Halifax, two more engines cut. P/O Forster was unable to leave the aircraft; he has no known grave. Cal spent the rest of the war in POW Camps mainly in Poland.