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Flt.Sgt. Frank Hobbs
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 630 Squadron
from:London
(d.16th March 1944)
My father, Frank Hobbs flew out of East Kirby on 15th of March 1944 on a mission to Stuttgart. The aircraft crashed at Bourguignon sans Coucy, France and all the crew were killed. They were buried in the local churchyard by local people.
In 1945 my mother received a letter from a local schoolmaster who had retrieved personal papers from Lancaster before the German authorities got there, and had buried them until France was liberated. He told her all he could about the crash. He returned my fathers wallet to her (it's still in my possession). He also advised her that all the crew members were still at their posts when the plane crashed.
He also flew with 50 Squadron.