Halifax L9489 was one of seven No. 35 Squadron aircraft detailed to attack the docks and shipping canal at Le Havre on 10th March 1941.Its six-man crew comprised:Peter Alexander Gilchrist (Pilot)Reginald Lucas (2nd Pilot)Edward Rolfe Arnold (Observer)Stanley Broadhurst (WOP / AG)Albert Edward Cooper (Air Gunner)Ronald Godfrey Aedy (Flight Engineer)The squadron’s Operations Record Book shows “On the return flight the aircraft was mistaken for an enemy machine and shot down in flames at Merrist Wood, Normandy, Surrey at 22.40 hours. The Captain, PA Gilchrist and the Flight Engineer, RG Aedy, escaped by parachute, but the remainder were killed in the crash. Gilchrist suffered only bruises and returned to duty; Aedy was admitted to the County Hospital, Guildford, with bullet injuries