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Lancaster W4925 PH-N
Some of the crew of W4925 lost on 30 April 1943
Peter Rheburgen has been working on a long term project about W4925 PH-N, a 12 Squadron Lancaster which crashed near his home in Winterswijk, Netherlands on 30 April 1943. As part of his research he would very much like to speak to a former Lancaster Pilot. If you are able to help please email.
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Six members of the crew of PD331
Peter is also researching Lancaster PD331 PH-O which crashed in Winterswijk, Netherlands on 23 October 1944. All the airmen were killed and are buried in the cemetery at Winterswijk, they were:
F/O Douglas Wallace MacLean (RAAF) - Pilot
W/O John Philip (RAAF) - Navigator
Sgt Frank William Nibblet - F/Eng
F/S Ian Hunter Flemming (RAAF) - Rear Gunner
F/S John Edmund Joseph Kelly (RAAF) - W/Op
F/S Kenneth Harold Rowley (RAAF) - MUG
F/S Arthur Bevan Llewellyn (RAAF) - B/Aimer
If you are able to help with any information regarding this crew please email.
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P/O G A Price & Crew
Bernard Walley with his crew
Chris Walley's late brother Bernard was a Wireless Operator during 1944, he and his crew survived the war, Chris would love to get in touch with any surviving members of the crew or their families. If you can help please email. The full crew were:
PO G A Price - Pilot
Sgt S A Frew - Flight Engineer
Sgt F B Beaton - Navigator
Sgt B Walley - Wireless Operator
Sgt T H Lightfoot - Bomb Aimer
Sgt V A Lane - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt J Lee - Tail Gunner
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Lancasters NF928, LL909 & NE163
The crew of NF928
Marc Hall is researching 12 Sqn Lancasters NF928 & LL909 and 626 Sqn Lancaster NE163 which were lost on operation to Duisburg on 14 October 1944, he has collated a considerable amount of information regarding this raid and would very much like to get in touch with any relatives of the deceased airmen. For more information click here.
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Lancaster ED995 PH-X
Wally Smith
(photograph courtesy of Andy Smith)
Andy Smith is looking for information on the time his father Wally Smith spent with 12 squadron in the summer of 1943 to expand his web site www.raf-bombercommand.co.uk.
Wally completed his whole first tour in just one Lancaster, ED995 PH-X. Anybody who has a photograph of either the crew or the plane or any relevant information please e mail andy@raf-bombercommand.co.uk.
ED995 was lost on a raid on Hanover 8th October 1943 just 3 days after Wally’s 30th operation. The crew that fateful night were Sgt R A Collins, Sgt W J Adamson, Sgt P M Adams, Sgt S V Watson, Sgt R Mallin, Sgt J Strachin and Sgt P J Bemrose.
All except Sgt Bemrose were Killed In Action when ED995 crashed into the ground near Hameln Germany. Sgt Bemrose became a POW at StalagIVB at Muhlberg.
Any information on this crew would be greatly appreciated.
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Operations to Courtrai, Bochum & Berchtesgaden
F/O W D Wilson and crew, some of whom were killed in UM-D2, Courtrai 20 July 1944
Belgian aviation historian Dirk Decuypere is researching the operations to Courtrai on 20/21 July and to Bochum on 4/5 November 1944 as well as to Berchtesgaden on 25 April 1945. He would like to get in touch with anyone who took part in one of these raids or with any relative or friend of the airmen who lost their lives in the first two raids. For more information click here.
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F/O Leonard Whetton & Crew
F/O Leonard Whetton
John Whetton is looking for information regarding his father and crew whose plane LM140 UMO2 crashed at Geisenheim returning from a raid on the Opel Factory at Russelheim on 26 August 1944. The lone survivor was Sydney Brown, the Bomb Aimer, who was taken POW. The crew of UM O2 were:
F/O Leonard Whetton - Pilot
Sgt George Stanley Lowson - Rear Gunner
F/O Derrick Laycock - Navigator
Sgt Herbert Walter Douglas - Wireless Operator
Sgt Peter Corrigan - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt Harry William Brotherhood - Flight Engineer
F/O Sydney Brown - Bomb Aimer
Although John has gathered a lot of information there are still one or two gaps in his research, he is particulary looking for:
Photographs of Sgt George Stanley Lowson - Rear Gunner, and Harry William Brotherhood - Flight Engineer.
A crew photograph (if one exists).
Any information on lone survivor Sydney Brown - Bomb Aimer, it is thought, although unsubstantiated, that he came from the Sheffield area or the North East.
If you can help with any information regarding this crew please email.
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Lancaster ND410 PH-Y
The crew of ND410
Kees Stoutjeskijk & his colleagues from the Dutch Foundation WO2GO have been researching the crew of ND410 PH-Y which failed to return from an operation to Leipzig on 19 February 1944. The plane is thought to have crashed into the Grevelingen Lake in South West Holland where three of the bodies were washed to shore, four of the crew were never found.
The crew of ND410 PH-Y were:
P/O P D Wright - Pilot
P/O E Travers-Clarke - Navigator
F/S B A Stratton - Wireless Operator
P/O A J Gillis - Bomb Aimer
Sgt T E Roe - Flight Engineer
Sgt B G White - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt T White - Rear Gunner
A painting has been produced commemorating this loss and a search of the lake is being organised in the hope of finding the wreckage of this and other planes thought to be lost there.
It is intended to erect a monument in memorial of the crews lost in this area and Kees is keen to get in touch with any relations of this crew.
If you can help please email.
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Request for information by
Adrian Lee
Lancaster LL797 UM-B2 and Crew
On 24/25 February 1944 Lancaster LL797 of 626 Squadron was brought down over Marsal France on the way to bomb the industrial plants of Schweinfurt.
A group of us, including relatives of some crewmen, are trying to discover more about LL797, the crew and their final mission. We have already uncovered a fair amount, but we would be very interested if anybody can add any personal memories of three crewmen in particular:
F/O Jack Pierce Hutchinson DFC RAAF (Pilot)
F/O Peter Henry Wilson Young (Air Bomber)
W/O Hector Binder RCAF (Mid Upper Gunner)
The other crewmen buried with them in Marsal are:-
P/O Leonard Goodkey RCAF (Navigator)
Sgt Arthur Hodgson (Flight Engineer)
F/Sgt Ken Macey (Rear Gunner)
Sgt Bob Edgeworth (Wireless Operator)
and Sgt Brian Bowditch (2nd Pilot)
Any information about these men or their Schweinfurt mission, no matter how small or unimportant would be welcome. Please contact us by the email address below, or via Anne Law at the Wickenby Memorial Collection.
Many thanks
Adrian Lee
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