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1944-08-26 Flight Lieutenant - Survived | |
Lancaster Mk.I/III PB233 LQO | 405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) |
Take-off: 21:12:00 | Target: Russelsheim Germany |
Lancaster Mk.I/III PB233Bombing Russelsheim Germany 1944-August-25 to 1944-August-26
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster BIII aircraft PB 233 LQ-O was returning from a raid against targets in Russelheim, Germany, when it was attacked by a night fighter that shot up the rear fuselage, the tail plane, and the starboard mainplane with cannon fire. The Lancaster returned to the UK safely but three of the crew had bailed out over enemy territory contrary to the captain's instructions. F/L HD Brown (RCAF) and FS KA Abbs (RAF) survived to be taken as Prisoners of War, but P/O RB Nairn (RCAF) was missing, presumed killed in action
P/O Nairn has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
F/L WJL Weiker (RCAF), F/O JS McDowell DFC (RCAF), WO MJ Martin (RCAF) and Sgt EJ New (RAF) survived and returned to RAF Gransden Lodge. The only other casualty was WO Martin with an ankle injury
Others on the Aircraft
1944-08-26 RAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Abbs PoW 2023-10-241944-08-26 RCAF Flight Lieutenant Donald Henry Brown PoW 2023-04-15
1944-08-26 RCAF Pilot Officer Maurice James Martin Survived 2022-11-15
1944-08-26 RCAF Flying Officer James Stewart McDowell DFC Survived 2022-11-15
1944-08-26 RAF Pilot Officer Edwin James New Survived 2022-11-15
1944-08-26 RCAF Flight Lieutenant William James Louis Weiker Survived 2022-11-15