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405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster aircraft ND 493 LQ-S was shot down by flak from 20,000 feet, crashing at at Teshendorf-Ruppin, Germany, during night ops. against targets in Berlin, Germany
Pilot Officer Joseph Marie Antoine Laurent Charest (RCAF), Pilot Officer Sigurjon Einarsson (RCAF) and Pilot Officer Grant Murray O'Neil (RCAF) were all missing, presumed killed in action
The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Flying Officer Arthur Bonikowski (RCAF), Pilot Officer Gordon Robertson Buchanan (RCAF), Flying Officer Joseph Andre Roger Laberge DFC (RCAF) and Sergeant Friend Samuel Cole (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
There were three 405 Sqn aircraft lost in the same area on this date. Please see aircraft serials ND 462 LQ-J and JA 924 LQ-R for information regarding the other aircraft and crew
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