Letter from the Air Ministry to Charles Hilder's wife

Letter from the Air Ministry to Charles Hilder's wife

Letter confirming that Charles Alfred Hilder is believed to have lost his life as a result of air operations on the night of 24/25 March 1944. States that the International Red Cross Committee have forwarded an official German list stating that Charles Hilder and three other members of his crew were killed on 24 March and buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Oberkirchen on 26 April 1944. Confirms that three surviving crew members are prisoners of war.

1944-10-17

One typewritten letter

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