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244469 WO2. Herman Stanley Fawns Royal Canadian Air Force 431 (Iroquois) Squadron from:Uxbridge (d.22nd June 1943) On the night of the 21st/22nd of June 1943 Wellington HF518 took off at 23.33hrs from RAF Burn for an operation on Krefeld. One of 705 aircraft that took part in this operation. The visibility was extremely good that evening and the city was very heavily bombed. Much damage was caused and many lives lost with almost half of the city being burned out. Over 70,000 lost their homes. 44 aircraft were lost on this operation. Wellington HF518 may have been hit by flak or shot down by an enemy night fighter and was lost without trace. Pilot: W/C. John Coverdale MiD 27048 RAF Age 37 Nav: P/O George Charles William Parslow DFM 146687 RAFVR Age 21 Air/Bmr: F/O John Brian Godfrey Bailey DFC 48551 RAF Age 22 W/Op/Air/Gnr: W/O2 Herman Stanley Fawns R/93489 RCAF Age 25 Air/Gnr: F/O Bruce Samuel Fudge J/17663 RCAF Age 21 I found a document a few years ago on the Internet, translated from German, about the recovery of the plane and bodies on the ocean shore in German held territory. Bodies were identified by their tags. I will try to find it again for your documentation. Stanley Fawns was my father's step-brother. 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.