LEST WE FORGET
Air Operations (No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft HX851), Germany, 29 January 1944
Mosquito HX851 took off from RAF Hunsdon at 2340 hours on the night of 28 January 1944 to carry out a night intruder mission on airfields in the Munster/Harsdorf area, Germany. Six aircraft from the Squadron took part in the mission and HX851 failed to return. Both the crew members lost their lives and they are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
The crew members of HX851 were:
Pilot Officer James Alexander (157401) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Rudolph Walter Link (J/18990) (RCAF) (Navigator)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) and Leon Kane-Maguire The Gestapo Hunters: 464 Squadron RAAF 1942-5, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 1999
Vincent, D. (David) Mosquito Monograph: A history of Mosquitoes in Australia and RAAF operations, David Vincent Highbury SA 5089, 1982