LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Donald Henry YORKE
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 1467118
Born: Date, Location Unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date Unavailable
Unit: No. 21 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Methwold
Died: Air Operations: (No. 21 Squadron Ventura I aircraft AE742), off the French Coast, 15 March 1943, Age Unavailable
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mrs E M Yorke of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 170, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Ventura AE742 took off from Methwold at 1647 hours to bomb la Pleine airfield, Brittany. At 1755 hours, anti-aircraft fire hit the port engine and the aircraft ditched at 1805 hours between Guernsey and the French Coast. The three survivors were taken prisoner in occupied Guernsey.
The crew members of AE742 were:
Sergeant Edward Dennis Lloyd Critchett (1314354) (RAFVR) (Pilot) PoW
Sergeant J A Denver (1172573) (RAFVR) PoW
Sergeant G A Targett (1334295) (RAFVR) PoW
Sergeant Donald Henry Yorke (1467118) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
References:
Chorley W R Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 4 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1943, Midland Counties Publications UK, 1996
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records