Page 19 - Wartime Airfield Book 2

The Bastick crew

This crew undertook their first operation on the 4/5 November 1944 and they completed 14
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operations before being lost on their 15 on the 20 February 1945.
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Flying Officer Richard Stanley Bastick R.A.F.V.R - Pilot, age 24 - Son of Horace Gordon and Rose
Lilian Bastick of Woolwich, London - Runnymede Memorial.

Sergeant Frederick George James Martin R.A.F.V.R age 23 - Son of Frederick Richard and Lily
Maud Martin, husband of Esther Martin of Sacriston, Co. Durham - Runnymede Memorial.

Flight Sergeant William Victor Bibby R.A.F.V.R age 25 - Son of William Victor and Catherine Jane
Bibby of Narberth, Pembrokeshire - Runnymede Memorial.

Flight Sergeant William Gordon Frost R.A.A.F age 23 - Son of Lindsay and Elsie Frost of
Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia - Runnymede Memorial.

Flight Sergeant Jack Coates R.A.F.V.R age 21 - Son of William and Elizabeth Coates of
Accrington, Lancashire, husband of Margery Coates of Accrington - Runnymede Memorial.

Sergeant Henry Alfred Sargent R.A.F.V.R age 23 - Son of John F. and Florence M. A. Sargent of
Dagenham, Essex - Runnymede Memorial.

Sergeant Robert Leslie L Swaffer R.A.F.V.R age 20 - Son of Frederick William James Swaffer and
Florence Ellen Swaffer of Chiddingstone Hoath, Kent - Runnymede Memorial.
© David Fell.

Colourisation by John Ward President 49 Squadron Association.