Crew initially buried at Worms-Weinsheim as per CWGC Concentration Report. Chorley BCL incorrectly shows pilot as DeardOn, whereas CWGC show family as DeardEn. (Correction made)
Bomber Command War Diary shows 53 Wellingtons and 7 Stirlings sent to Dusseldorf on 13/14 October.. !! 116 Sqdn website quotes the AWM as stating
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A Missing Research & Enquiry Team reported "The aircraft was on its way to the target at Nuremberg, when it was hit by ack-ack fire from the I G Farben works at Oppou [sic] and it crashed near Friesenheimer Insel, a small island in the nearby Rhine.
These places were about 3 miles from Ludwigshafen which is on the Rhine near Mannheim. One of the bombs on board exploded and all the crew were killed." Info: www.awm.gov.au
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Worms Weinheim cemetery is about 17 km north of the crash site.
BCWD shows 1 aircraft lost, but 2 Wellingtons in BCL (T2846 which was going to Dusseldorf).
See also
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...-OSBORN-Andrew
at bottom of page re Jarrett.