RAF WW2 log book father and son grouping kia 75 NZ sad air c

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The son was F/Sgt Frederick Alexander Bandy, RAF (1318948), Air Bomber with the R F Bennett crew, 26 Dec 1942 to 30 May 1943.

Died Sunday 30 May 1943, age 23, during a raid on Wuppertal. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.

Interestingly (and again sadly), the e-Bay listing confirms that he came through 11 Operational Training Unit as a member of the Raymond Cyril Going crew. (Raymond was an older half-brother of All Black Sid). The Going crew were all lost on their very first operation at 75 (NZ) Squadron, on 3.3.43. The Bomb Aimer in that crew, Sgt Frederick Arthur William Willis RAF 1382215, was a very unlucky fill-in for Fred.

Fred had flown two days earlier with the Bennett crew as a replacement for their regular Bomb Aimer, and did so again on 3.3.43, so after the Going crew was lost, stayed on with them:

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