{"id":5110,"date":"2020-07-30T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5110"},"modified":"2021-04-29T11:37:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T11:37:40","slug":"bittiner-henry-mark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/bittiner-henry-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Bittiner, Henry Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Henry Mark Bittiner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Navigator, 620 Squadron<br>Service number 1550834<br>Died 6 Jun 1944<br>Buried Ranville war Cemetery, Calvados, France<br>Age 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;TO LIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOR EVER IS NOT TO DIE&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Henry was born 27 Apr 1922 in St Machar, Aberdeenshire to Louis and Marie nee Mackie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry enlisted in Edinburgh after May 1941.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was the navigator of Stirling IV EJ116 took off from RAF Fairford on 6 June 1944 to drop paratroops at DZ\/LZ \u2019N\u2019 on D-Day. The aircraft was shot down by flak on its way to DZ and crashed 13 km east of Ranville. All crew members and 19 paratroops were killed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew were:  <br>Pilot, Albert Hamilton Barton<br>Nav, Henry Mark Bittiner<br>F\/Eng, Geoffrey Crosse <br>Air\/bomber, Donald Reid<br>Air Gunner, John Gillies Smith<br>W\/op William Eric Wallis.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bittiner-Henry-Mark-700x1050.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bittiner-Henry-Mark-700x1050.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bittiner-Henry-Mark-250x375.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bittiner-Henry-Mark-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bittiner-Henry-Mark-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Henry-1930s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6270\" width=\"362\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Henry-1930s.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Henry-1930s-120x123.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><figcaption>Henry in the 1930&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Henry Mark Bittiner Navigator, 620 SquadronService number 1550834Died 6 Jun 1944Buried Ranville war Cemetery, Calvados, FranceAge 22 Headstone Inscription&#8216;TO LIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOR EVER IS NOT TO DIE&#8217; Henry was born 27 Apr 1922 in St Machar, Aberdeenshire to Louis and Marie nee Mackie. 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