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229592 F/Lt. Bernard Earley DFM MID. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 15 Squadron. from:Hull (d.2nd Nov 1944) Bernard Earley was the pilot of a Lancaster which was brought down over Erp, Holland on 2nd November 1944. Update: He was made a flight sergeant on 19.10.1942 and that he was awarded the DFM on 2.11.1944 while serving in 101 Squadron. Flying Officer Bernard Earley DFM, MID, was with 15 Sqdn when the Lancaster he was piloting was in collision with another 15 Sqdn aircraft on 2/11/44 whilst on operations to Homberg. Lancaster I HK612 (LS-L) took off from RAF Mildenhall at 11.30 hours on a daylight raid on Homberg oil plant. The aircraft collided with Lancaster III PB115 (LS-W). Those who died are buried in Erp Roman Catholic Cemetery. They are: F/Lt B. Earley, DFM, MID (pilot) F/O J.E. Campbell (navigator) F/O F.J. Frearson (wop/airgunner) Sgt W. Hunter (flight engineer) P/O G.W. Lilley (airbomber) P/O A.A. Markovitch (flight engineer) W/O G.W. Morris (airgunner) F/Sgt P. Woollard (airgunner) 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.