61 Squadron (Per Purarn Tunantes), RAF Syerston, Lancaster I aircraft R 5682 QR-R failed to return from operations, hit by flak and finished off by a night fighter, crashing at de Alde Feanen national park; near Wartena, Friesland, Netherlands
The crew: Flight Sergeant Peter Clement Vellacott Joslin RAF is buried in Idaarderadeel (Wartena) General Cemetery Flight Sergeant Edward Joseph May RAF is buried in Tietjerksteradeel Protestant Cemetery Eerniewoude. Flight Sergeant James Francis Cooper RCAF has no known grave Sergeant E.V. Booth RAF PoW Sergeant P.J. Bridgeman RCAF PoW Flight Sergeant B.A. Farmer RAF PoW Flying Officer Neal Douglas Mullins RCAF PoW
