Personnel Index - Detail

Name
HIBBERT
First Names
Frank R
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Service
RAF
Service Number
551981
Crew Position
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
PoW Date
28/09/1941
Aircraft
Hampden AD733
Target
Frankfurt
PoW Camp(s)
PoW Number
9688

 

Awarded the DFM

 



Walter Ellis (extreme left) stands next to Sgt Frank Hibbert who is shaking hands with Sgt John Hannah VC.
​Sgt William Rich is on the extreme right

28/29 September, 1941; FRANKFURT:

With a gap of nearly two weeks since the previous operation, 49 Squadron was asked to provide 14 Hampdens for a small scale attack on Frankfurt. 4 aircraft were scrubbed from the trip, and just before take-off a fifth suffered tail wheel collapse at the taxiing point. At 22.50hrs the squadron started to launch the first of 9 aircraft. Of the aircraft that reached the target area, 4 bombed successfully and 2 had to abort their attempts. Of the 30 Hampdens and 14 Wellingtons dispatched on the raid, 1 Wellington and 1 Hampden failed to return; the missing Hampden was that piloted by F/Lt Mundy DFC (AD733) from 49 Squadron. The cause of this loss has not been established, but happy to say the crew survived to become POW's

Hampden AD 733
F/L J.D. Mundy DFC Pilot (P.o.W.)
Sgt P.C. Darwin Pilot (P.o.W.)
Sgt A. Winton W/AG (P.o.W.)
F/S F. Hibbert DFM W/AG (P.o.W.)