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F/O. Alfred Henry Paget

Royal Air Force 142 Squadron

from:Cheam, Surrey

(d.28th August 1942)

My cousin, Alfred Paget was the pilot of Wellington bomber Z1338 which took off from RAF Grimsby on 27th of August 1942 to bomb the town of Kassel in Germany. After bombing the target the aircraft was later caught by search lights and shot down in flames crashing in Kalk approximately four miles east of Cologne, at 0129 hours on the 28th August. My cousin and three other crew members were killed.

The Rear Gunner a Sgt. F C Weighill (RCAF) baled out and was captured. He spent the remainder of the war in camp Stalag 344, in Lamsdorf, Poland. He returned to Canada in 1945.

The crew were:

  • Sgt. Bellinger.J. RAFVR.
  • Sgt.Tupholme.E. RAFVR,
  • and Sgt. Weighill.FC. RCAF.

The four airmen that died are buried in Rhineberg Military Cemetery, Germany.



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