LEST WE FORGET
Air Operations (No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft MT154), English Channel area, 3 June 1944
Mosquito MT154 took off from RAF Gravesend at 0025 hours on the morning of 3 June 1944 being one of six aircraft from the Squadron detailed to carry out night intruder raids in Northern France. MT154 was detailed to attack targets in the Laon/Athies area but failed to return to base. Both the crew are listed as missing and their names are commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede, Surrey, UK.
The crew members of MT154 were:
Flying Officer Robert Alexander Faulafer (J/16196) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Richard William Wilkins (134651) (RAFVR) (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