6 Bomber Group September 27/28,1943
73 Halifaxes from 419, 427, 428, 429, and 434 Squadrons were joined by 9 Wellingtons from 432 Squadron on an attack at Hannover. The crews were over the target at between 17,000 and 21,000 feet, releasing 229,000 lbs of incendiaries and 124,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, most of the bombing missed the target to the north. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
405 Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster Mk III aircraft JB 120 LQ-D was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann August Geiger of 7/NJG1 over the Netherlands inbound for an operation against targets in Hanover, Germany. The bomber crashed into Van Veldhuizenbos, (IJsselmeer) Dronten, Flevoland Province, Netherlands with the loss of the entire crew
Flying Officer Bruce Anderson St. Louis (RCAF), Pilot Officer Stuart Herman Long (RCAF), Flying Officer John Clair Lowther (RCAF), Flying Officer Temple Dawson Trippe (RCAF)(USA), Flight Sergeant Graham Sydney Read (RAAF), Warrant Officer Walter Eric Goldspink (RAFVR) and Pilot Officer Stanley John Slade (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in action. The missing have no known grave but all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
The aircraft and crew were initially missing but human remains were found in Lake IJsselmeer in 1959. The aircraft wreckage was eventually excavated in 2025 and finally identified as that of Lancaster JB 120 LQ-D
Nachtjagd Combat Archive, 1943 Part 3, 23 January - 31 December by Theo Boiten page 14
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Found plane wreck in Dronten turns out to be a British bomber from WWII
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