Baines, Lloyd Wallace Edward (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1945-February-08

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Birth Date: 1921-June-04

Born: Galt, Ontario

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Home: London, Ontario

Enlistment: Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-June-16

Service

RCAF

Unit

467 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
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Base

RAF Waddington

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer (this mission)

Service Numbers

J/35083

Home
Google MapLondon, Ontario
Target
Google MapDortmund EMS Canal

Took off from Waddington at 21:02 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code PO-H Bomber Command) to bomb the Dortmund-Ems Kanal near Ladbergen Germany.

Out-bound, shot down by a night fighter and crashed in the Horstmar area, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany.

Killed: W/C John Keith Douglas DFC AFC RAAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 24. E. 9. Pilot Officer John Barrie Nanscawen RAAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 24. E. 8. Pilot Officer Henry Montgomery Stanbrook Stuart RAAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 24. E. 7.

POWs includes Baines: Flight Sergeant Boyd Owen Bean RAAF POW camp not listed.

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I NG455

Bombing Ladbergen Germany 1945-February-08 to 1945-February-08

467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England
467 Australia Squadron. Lancaster NG455 was involved in a bombing raid against the Dortmund-Ems Kanal near Ladbergen, Germany. While homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter. Casualties included W/C J.K. Douglas (RAAF), and P/O's J.B. Nanscawen (RAAF) and H.M.S. Stuart (RAAF). Prisoners of War were Flying Officer L.W.E. Baines (RCAF) and Flt. Sgt. B.O. Bean (RAAF). Flying Officer J.A. Strickland (RAAF) evaded capture.