LEST WE FORGET

Sergeant Richard Chessel Lister HOSKIN

Service No: 425940
Born: Longreach QLD, 29 March 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 May 1942
Unit: No. 158 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Lissett
Died: Air Operations: (No. 158 Squadron Halifax aircraft JD115), Germany, 20 December 1943, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Hanover War Cemetery, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry James Hoskin and Josephine Hoskin, of Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Longreach QLD
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

At 1639 hours on the night of 20 December 1943 Halifax JD115 took off from Lissett detailed to bomb Frankfurt, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed at Kraftsokms, 13 kms south south west of Wetzlar. Six of the crew members were killed one was taken prisoner.

The crew members of JD115 were:

Sergeant Alexander McNeil Anderson (1557295) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant Thomas Lynn Evans (1321223) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant A B Hicks (1393333) (RAF) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Richard Chessel Lister Hoskin (425940) (Mid Gunner)
Flying Officer Robert Morrison McCabe (J/22070) (RCAF) (Air Bomber)
Warrant Officer II Robert Lloyd McCulloch (R/134714) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant P Stewart (1341468) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) PoW

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
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/18/246

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