Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of the deaths of this crew when their Lancaster crashed into Worthing beach, apparently trying to avoid the town. En route to Munich, after the incident only one body was recovered. The rest are commemorated @cwgc.bsky.social Runnymede Memorial.
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Edward Gordon Essenhigh, Gordon Callon,
Harry Varey,
Leonard Bertie Bourne, Frederick Bernard Rees, James Worrall Moore,
James Andrew Thomson.
https://www.49squadron.co.uk/assets/pdf/Worthing-2.pdf