Lewthwaite, Norman Thomas (Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1942-August-28

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RAFVR

Unit

103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not

Base

RAF Elsham Wolds

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

567677
PoW: 26871

Mission

Halifax B.Mk.II BB204

Bombing Saarbrucken Germany 1942-August-28 to 1942-August-28

103 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Elsham Wolds

103 Squadron (Noll Me Tangere) RAF Elsham Wolds. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 204 was coned by the searchlights of Flakschwere Regiment (motorized) 7 and then shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of Stab II/NJG4 during an operation against targets in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Hastiere, Namur, Belgium

Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lloyd Telfer (RCAF), Pilot Officer Ronald Albert Bingham (RAFVR), Sergeant John Patch (RAFVR) and Sergeant Squire Arbuthnott Webster (RAFVR) were killed in action

Flight Lieutenant Robert Lewis Andre (RAAF), Sergeant Herbert O'Neill (RAAF) and Sergeant Robert Thomas Lewthwaite (RAFVR) survived to be taken as Prisoners of War

Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 84

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