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Harold Philip Calvert
Whitley Squadron 17 augustus 1941 time: 02.30
Neergestort:
Alle 4 inzittenden overleefd.
Sgt Basil Sidney Craske (POW)
Kamp: Stalag Luft F6 Heydekrug
Sgt Harold Philip Calvert (ovl.20-05-1942)
Kamp:
Sgt A.E.King (POW)
Warrant officer
Kamp:
Sgt .Alexander Bruce Antony Robertson (POW)
Kamp: Stalag Luft F6 Heydekrug

Sgt Calvert is reported to have been involved in a mass escape bid from Stalag IIIE in May 1942 and was shot by civil Police at Dresden on 20 May 1942. He is buried in the 1939-1945 War Cemetery at Berlin.

Narrative:
Operation – Köln, Germany. Took off from RAF Leeming at 22:03 hrs.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and at 01:43 attacked by Oberleutnant Wolfgang Thimmig of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. At 02:30 hrs, it crashed.

Aantekening:
Craske wordt door de gestapo gevangen gezet in de burcht van Oeding en overgebracht naar Munster.
Wat volgt is 3 jaar en 10 maand gevangenschap. Hij overleefd
1994 zou hij de boerderij hebben bezocht en de kinderen ontmoeten: Derk Jan en Johann Willem Hesselink