Squadron: 460 (B) Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1944-07-20
Completion Date: 1944-07-21
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Courtrai Belgium
Target Specific: Railway Yards
Base: RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Take Off Time: 0014
Squadron Code: AR R
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Poelkapelle [West-Vlaanderen], Belgium
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster ND654 was on a mission to bomb the railway yards at Courtrai, Belgium. It is unknown the cause of the crash. The entire crew evaded capture: RCAF Sgt. J.G. Cawley (navigator); RAAF Flying Officer R.H. Jopling (pilot); RAFVR Flt. Sgt. K.G. Butler (flight engineer); RAAF Flt. Sgt. R.B. Moffitt (bomb aimer); RAAF Flt. Sgt. D.J. Annat (wireless operator / air gunner); RAFVR Sgt. P. Mills (air gunner)(was later taken Prisoner of War); and RAAF Flt. Sgt. L.G. Rosseley (air gunner).
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster ND654 was on a mission to bomb the railway yards at Courtrai, Belgium. It is unknown the cause of the crash. The entire crew evaded capture: RCAF Sgt. J.G. Cawley (navigator); RAAF Flying Officer R.H. Jopling (pilot); RAFVR Flt. Sgt. K.G. Butler (flight engineer); RAAF Flt. Sgt. R.B. Moffitt (bomb aimer); RAAF Flt. Sgt. D.J. Annat (wireless operator / air gunner); RAFVR Sgt. P. Mills (air gunner)(was later taken Prisoner of War); and RAAF Flt. Sgt. L.G. Rosseley (air gunner).
