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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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1 | Browne | J B | Sergeant | 1336517 | Bomber Command | 44Sqn | 1943-04-30 | Lancaster | III | ED783 | KM-F | Waddington | .0025. | Essen | Crashed at Rechteren Holland | Killed | Dalfsen General Cemetery | Attacked by German ace Hauptman Wolgang Thimmig on the homeward bound trip, his Lancaster burst into flames and crashed 13 miles south-east of Zwolle. There were no survivors and today the crew are buried side by side in Dalfsen General Cemetery, Holland. Attacker Wolfgang Thimmig | |||||||||||
2 | Ellis | Leslie James | Pilot Officer | 145792 | 1923 Romford | Pilot | 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 44Sqn | 1943-04-30 | Lancaster | III | ED783 | KM-F | Waddington | .0025. | Essen | Attacked by nightfighter. Crashed at Rechteren Holland | Killed | Dalfsen General Cemetery | Son of William and Margaret Ellis of Romford, Essex. Enlisting in the RAF in 1941, he was selected for pilot training and embarked the the U.S.A. Returned to the U.K. in the summer of 1942 as a Pilot Officer in the RAFVR, and was posted to 44Sqn (Rhodesia), a Lancaster unit operating out of RAF Waddington, in March 1943. Having then participated in nine operational sorties, including an outing to Essen on the night of 3-4 April 1943, when his Lancaster was coned by searchlights and the port inner engine rendered useless owing to enemy action - and been subjected to fighter attack in another outing to Spezia on the 18 April - Ellis took-off on his final wartime sortie, a strike against Essen on the night of 30 April. Attacked by German ace Hauptman Wolgang Thimmig on the homeward bound trip, his Lancaster burst into flames and crashed 13 miles south-east of Zwolle. There were no survivors and today the crew are buried side by side in Dalfsen General Cemetery, Holland. Attacker Wolfgang Thimmig | |||||||
3 | Ellis | H C | Sergeant | 1270431 | Bomber Command | 44Sqn | 1943-04-30 | Lancaster | III | ED783 | KM-F | Waddington | .0025. | Essen | Crashed at Rechteren Holland | Killed | Dalfsen General Cemetery | Attacked by German ace Hauptman Wolgang Thimmig on the homeward bound trip, his Lancaster burst into flames and crashed 13 miles south-east of Zwolle. There were no survivors and today the crew are buried side by side in Dalfsen General Cemetery, Holland. Attacker Wolfgang Thimmig | |||||||||||
4 | Le Page | R L | Sergeant | 577884 | Bomber Command | 44Sqn | 1943-04-30 | Lancaster | III | ED783 | KM-F | Waddington | .0025. | Essen | Crashed at Rechteren Holland | Killed | Dalfsen General Cemetery | Attacked by German ace Hauptman Wolgang Thimmig on the homeward bound trip, his Lancaster burst into flames and crashed 13 miles south-east of Zwolle. There were no survivors and today the crew are buried side by side in Dalfsen General Cemetery, Holland. Attacker Wolfgang Thimmig | |||||||||||
5 | McClellan | S S | Sergeant | 1384317 | Bomber Command | 44Sqn | 1943-04-30 | Lancaster | III | ED783 | KM-F | Waddington | .0025. | Essen | Crashed at Rechteren Holland | Killed | Dalfsen General Cemetery | Attacked by German ace Hauptman Wolgang Thimmig on the homeward bound trip, his Lancaster burst into flames and crashed 13 miles south-east of Zwolle. There were no survivors and today the crew are buried side by side in Dalfsen General Cemetery, Holland. Attacker Wolfgang Thimmig | |||||||||||
6 | Rollings | William Arnold | Flying Officer | J/21818 | RCAF | Bomber Command | 44Sqn | 1943-04-30 | Lancaster | III | ED783 | KM-F | Waddington | .0025. | Essen | Crashed at Rechteren Holland | Killed | Dalfsen General Cemetery | Paradie Archive Database | Attacked by German ace Hauptman Wolgang Thimmig on the homeward bound trip, his Lancaster burst into flames and crashed 13 miles south-east of Zwolle. There were no survivors and today the crew are buried side by side in Dalfsen General Cemetery, Holland. Attacker Wolfgang Thimmig | |||||||||
7 | Williams | R | Sergeant | 974495 | Bomber Command | 44Sqn | 1943-04-30 | Lancaster | III | ED783 | KM-F | Waddington | .0025. | Essen | Crashed at Rechteren Holland | Killed | Dalfsen General Cemetery | Attacked by German ace Hauptman Wolgang Thimmig on the homeward bound trip, his Lancaster burst into flames and crashed 13 miles south-east of Zwolle. There were no survivors and today the crew are buried side by side in Dalfsen General Cemetery, Holland. Attacker Wolfgang Thimmig |
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