61 Squadron (Per Puram Tunantes). Lancaster aircraft JB 129 was shot down at Rimke, Warburg, Germany during operations to Berlin, Germany. Sergeants W. Broderick (RAF), G.F. Lowe (RAF), E. Peacock (RAF), FS E.G. Grundy (RAF), and Flying Officer J.G. Cox (RNZAF) were also killed. One other member of the crew, not Canadian, missing presumed killed.
Mellander, Ernest William Terence (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-March-25
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Son of Ernest George Gustaf and Margaret Mellander, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Spouse:
Home: Victoria, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air
Base
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
J/25768
Target
Berlin
Temporary Burial
Catholic Cemetery At Rimke
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)