P/O RW Vokey

 

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Most of the missions from Lelsbroek were armed reconnaissance over Holland in search of vehicles and barges. Seldom did the pilots return empty-handed. There were also several calls for close support of the Army, on which the Squadron helped knock out gun posts and defences near Ghent and attacked flak positions and other targets in the Arnhem - Nijmegen area in support of the great airborne operation on 17 September. 

Flak claimed two more victims, F/O G.W. Hewson who bailed out and was taken prisoner, and P/O R.W. Vokey who was killed in the crash of his aircraft.