HISTORICAL CONTEXT

He was a crew member of Stirling Mk.III LK385, 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF). They took off from RAF Methwold, Norfolk at 22:58 on 05 June 1944 to carry out a Special Duties mission to drop dummy parachutists as part of Operation Titanic.

This operation aimed to confuse the Germans and make them think that the Allied airborne landings were taking place over a wider area than they really were.

They crashed near Baudre, Manche, cause unknown.