231713 Sgt. Ernest Thomas Webb Royal Air Force 78 Squadron (d.31st May 1942) Sgt. Ernest Webb died on the 31st of May 1942 at Spalding, Lincolnshire, He was a 21 year old W.Op./Air Gnr.
On the night of the first 1000 bomber raid he flew in Halifax V.9991 to Cologne. On route back the Halifax began to ice up and over the UK at 1600 feet the crew were ordered to bail out. The Halifax did a belly landing at Wittering Airbase. Earnest was the only casualty and died on route to the hospital after bailing out. My father remembers him dressed in his RAF blue uniform, "he was a lovely cousin" were his comments.
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