I just received a photo for Ravenna War Cemetery in Italy with a collective grave. Any details on the flight would be welcome. Seems to be (1) RAAF, (1) RCAF & (5) RAF The details of the Australian: FRASER, GILBERT GORDON Sergeant 14065 57sq 24/10/1942 View attachment 1868
24 October 1942 57 Squadron. Lancaster I W4251 DX- Op: Milano. Crew. P/O. J T M. Miles + Sgt. G G. Fraser RAAF + F/O. W C. Hamilton RCAF + Sgt. J G. Taylor + Sgt. H B. Smith + Sgt. A F. Hefferman + Sgt. W J. Wakelin + Took off 1233 Scampton. Presumed lost over the sea. Four, Sgt. Fraser RAAF, F/O. Hamilton RCAF, Sgt. Smith and Sgt. Hefferman have no known graves. BCL Vol.3 W R. Chorley. Geoff, got a feeling that the above is not correct as Fraser, Hamilton, Smith and Hefferman are recorded as been interred at Ravenna, coudn't find Hefferman on the CWGC site.
A few errors here: On the Ravenna records CWGC has his name as Heffernan, not Hefferman, his Father as Herffernan and the Headstone as Hefferman? There were four Aussies on the Malta memorial that were actually buried in Italy. This has now been changed. In Memory of Sergeant ARTHUR FRANCIS HEFFERNAN 1033069, 57 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died age 32 on 24 October 1942 Son of John James Herffernan and Hannah Heffernan, of Blackley, Manchester. Remembered with honour RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
