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| Date: | Tuesday 12 December 1944 |
| Time: | Not Known |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Squadron |
| Registration: | HK627 |
| MSN: | LS-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stockus 4km NNE of Witten -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
| Witten |
Took off from RAF Mildenhall at 11:14.
Shot down in Flak crashing and bursting into flames at Stockus 4km NNE of Witten
(Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley)
The crew (except Fg Off Lee and Plt Off Murray RAAF) were initially buried in Dortmund Main Cemetery on 12 December 1944. Reinterred 12 December 1946.
Crew
Pilot: 152610 Flt Lt Roy Frederick Marsh - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D Grave 4.
Flight Engineer: 1121382 Sgt John Swainston - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D Grave 5.
Navigator: A/429001 Plt Off Victor Stuckey RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D Grave 6.
Bomb Aimer: 154088 Fg Off Samuel Tudor Lee - Runnymede Memorial Panel 207.
Wireless Operator: A/424817 Plt Off Robert McAuly Murray RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 258.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1686892 Sgt Leslie Garratt - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D Grave 3.
Rear Gunner: 1694924 Sgt John Dixon Wade - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row C Grave 16.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley
Images:
Service Records available on the internet
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2024 17:53 | Anon. | Added |
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