REASON FOR LOSS:

Take off 14.30 from Villeneuve-les-Vertus to attack St.Hubert.

This aircraft is believed to have been shot down, all three crew members perished in the crash.

Burial Details:

Pilot Officer Tom Hurst. Bouillon Cemetery. North-west part. Son of Edgar James Hurst, M.A., and Elizabeth Hurst, of Purley, Surrey. (Awarded King's Gold Medal, R.A.F. College, Cranwell. 1938.)

Sergeant William Anning. Bouillon Cemetery. North-west part. Husband of Vera Jessie Anning, of Heavitree, Exeter.

LAC Clifford Wells. Bouillon Cemetery. North-west part. Son of William Albert and Harriet Holloway Wells, of Reading, Berkshire.

With thanks to the following: The superb work of the C.W.G.C. "Fighter Command Losses" - Norman Franks. Page updated by Alexander D King December 2025.