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H.J. QUINN.
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Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, for converting to Stirling bomber aircraft, and thence in June to No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School, Feltwell, Norfolk, where he trained on Lancaster bomber aircraft. On the 26th June 1944, F/Sgt. Quinn was posted to No. 75 (NZ) Squadron at Mepal, Cambridgeshire, where as navigator of Lancaster bomber aircraft he took part in 8 operational flights, including 3 raids on V.1. weapon sites in France; the marshalling yards at Shalona sur Marne and Aulnoye, in France, and a raid on a Panzer Unit at Cagny, in France.

F/Sgt. Quinn was the navigator of a Lancaster bomber aircraft which took off on the night of 20/21st July 1944 to attack the target of Homberg, in Germany and failed to return to its base and all the members of the crew, including F/Sgt. Quinn were classified as missing. No further news was heard of F/Sgt. Quinn and subsequently his death was officially presumed as at 21st July 1944.

Find a Grave link with a photo of F/Sgt. Quinn: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15261670/eric_james-quinn/photo

Auckland Museum link with a photo of F/Sgt. Quinn: https://media.api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/public/2dfc9a43-7c5c-4ce5-9e15-b9659ee2e282/original.jpeg

5/2/15521 AS2
335 hrs. as navigator

Mr. H (was A). J. Quinn (F) (right aligned)
207 Hanson Street (right aligned)
WELLINGTON (right aligned & underlined)

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