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F/O David Herbert Upsher

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 295 Sqdn.

from:Wimbledon Park

(d.19th February 1943)

I am looking for information on 295GT Squadron, based at Netheravon, Wiltshire in 1943, Halifax equipped, February 19th 1943 mission with two planes over Loire valley, France. One plane was lost, one returned. My grandfather F/O David Upsher was the pilot of the lost Halifax. The crew are buried in Saumurelcome.

Update.

Fourteen aircraft from 295 Squadron were tasked with a raid on three electricity transformers at Distre, near Saumur. Two aircraft were brought down by anti-aircraft fire. The crew who died on this mission and are buried in Saumur Communal Cemetery are:

  • F/O D.H. Upsher (pilot)
  • Sgt I.W. Arnold (navigator)
  • Sq.Ldr C. Campbell-Miller
  • Fl/Lt M.E.J. Croker (airgunner)
  • F/O M.C. Hayes (pilot)
  • F/Sgt T.W. Holland (airgunner)
  • Wing Co. P.M.V. Lysaght (pilot)
  • F.Sgt K.R. Marshall (wop/airgunner)
  • Sgt W. Mather (navigator)
  • P/O J.H.C. McIlwrick (pilot)
  • WO/2 J.E.S. Sasseville (wop/airgunner)



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