Squadron: 460 Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1944-02-25
Completion Date: 1944-02-25
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Schweinfurt Germany
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Base: RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England
Take Off Time: 20:24
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Crash City: Manibach, Germany
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft LM 315 was part of a mission to bomb Schweinfurt, Germany, a centre specialising in the manufacture of ball bearings vital to the German war effort. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed near the target, at Manibach. Killed were RCAF Pilot Officer L.L.N. De Celles (air gunner) and Flying Officer A.R. Mark (bomb aimer); RAF Sgt's. M. Goldman (wireless operator), D.J. Halle (flight engineer), N.H. Lerigo (air gunner); RAF Flt. Sgt's. F. Lloyd (navigator) and R. Yates (pilot).

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