*** Mosquito FB. VI - PZ456 - YP-S ***
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Mosquito FB. VI - PZ456 - YP-S - W/C. A. M. Murphy - 23:00 - Wezeperveld
23 Squadron - RAF - Saturday 2 December 1944 - Mission: Bomber Support
Mosquito PZ456 - YP-S was airborne 20:18 from Little Snoring
PZ456 Mk.FBVI - Unit 23 - Missing from night intruder to Gutersloh - 2.12.44
Shot down by Flak, crashing hamlet Wezeperveld, municipality Oldebroek, 6 mi SW of Zwolle
6 Dec 1944 both airmen were buried in Oldebroek General Cemetery
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Crew: Mosquito PZ456 - YP-S - 2 Dec 1944 - Mission: Bomber Support
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33346 - Wing Commander - Pilot - Alan Michael Murphy - DSO and Bar, DFC - RAF - Age 27 - KIA
1801128 - Flight Sergeant - Navigator / W.Op. - Douglas Darbon - RAFVR - Age 21 - KIA
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Loss Card - PZ456 - YP-S - Murphy
- - - Reproduced here by kind permission of "www.lancasterbombers.net" - - -
33346 - Wing Commander - Pilot - Alan Michael Murphy - DSO and Bar, DFC - RAF - Age 27 - KIA
- of Newbury, Berkshire, UK - Grave 14 - Oldebroek General Cemetery "Ekelenburg" - CWGC ref. 2648224
born 26 Sep 1917, UK - died 2 Dec 1944, Wezep - Age 27
Son of Mr. Isaac Murphy and Mrs. Ethel Murphy (mother) née Moore;
husband of Mrs. Jean Murphy (wife) née Leggat, of Newbury, Berkshire, UK
Birth - 2nd Qtr. Jun 1914 - Doreen Murphy (sister) - mother's surname: Moore - district Cockermouth
Birth - 4th Qtr. Dec 1917 - Alan M. Murphy - mother's surname: Moore - district Cockermouth
The district Cockermouth spans the boundaries of the counties of Cumbria and Cumberland
Marriage - 3rd Qtr. 1906 - Isaac Murphy and Ethel Moore - district Cockermouth
Marriage - 3rd Qtr. 1941 - Alan M. Murphy and Jean Leggat - district Newbury, Berkshire, UK
born 26 Sep 1917 and registration of birth 4th Qtr. 1917
Wing Commander - Alan Michael 'Sticky' Murphy - RAF
"Sticky" at Little Snoring - 1944
- courtesy of Tommy Cushing - via Pete Smith -
1801128 - Flight Sergeant - Navigator / W.Op. - Douglas Darbon - RAFVR - Age 21 - KIA
- of Charton, London, UK - Grave 15 - Oldebroek General Cemetery "Ekelenburg" - CWGC ref. 2648214
Son of Robert Charles and Victoria Augusta Darbon, of Charlton, London, UK
Flight Sergeant - Douglas Darbon - RAFVR
- via Pete Smith -
SGLO - T4762
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