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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Referring Database	Notes
1	Bell	J	Flight Sergeant		Runnymede				RCAF	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-03-22	Lancaster	III	JB731	OF-F	Burn	1845	Frankfurt	Crashed in North Sea	Killed	Paradie Archive Database	Lancaster JB731 which departed RAF Bourn at 18.45 on a night operation to Frankfurt. The O.R.B. states: ‘At 20.38 hrs. S.O.S. received. At 20.39 hrs. message received from PULHAM ‘Position 53.21 N. 03.45 S. Baling out. No further news. MISSING.’ The non-operational RAF Station at Pulham St Mary in Norfolk picked up a message after the aircraft had been airborne for two hours. It is thought that the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and ditched into the sea with the loss of all crew.
2	Coulter (Coutter ?)	Frederick Thomas	Sergeant	1234081	Runnymede			F/E		Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-03-22	Lancaster	III	JB731	OF-F	Burn	1845	Frankfurt	Crashed in North Sea	Killed		Lancaster JB731 which departed RAF Bourn at 18.45 on a night operation to Frankfurt. The O.R.B. states: ‘At 20.38 hrs. S.O.S. received. At 20.39 hrs. message received from PULHAM ‘Position 53.21 N. 03.45 S. Baling out. No further news. MISSING.’ The non-operational RAF Station at Pulham St Mary in Norfolk picked up a message after the aircraft had been airborne for two hours. It is thought that the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and ditched into the sea with the loss of all crew.
3	Davies	Geoffrey Stuart	Flight Sergeant	1315680	Sage War Cemetery			B/A	RAFVR	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-03-22	Lancaster	III	JB731	OF-F	Burn	1845	Frankfurt	Crashed in North Sea	Killed		Lancaster JB731 which departed RAF Bourn at 18.45 on a night operation to Frankfurt. The O.R.B. states: ‘At 20.38 hrs. S.O.S. received. At 20.39 hrs. message received from PULHAM ‘Position 53.21 N. 03.45 S. Baling out. No further news. MISSING.’ The non-operational RAF Station at Pulham St Mary in Norfolk picked up a message after the aircraft had been airborne for two hours. It is thought that the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and ditched into the sea with the loss of all crew.
4	Dushman	David	Sergeant	657694	Runnymede	4 May 1921 in Holborn, London.	British	Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-03-22	Lancaster	III	JB731	OF-F	Burn	1845	Frankfurt	Crashed in North Sea	Killed		David was on his first operation and the wireless operator/air gunner on Lancaster JB731 which departed RAF Bourn at 18.45 on a night operation to Frankfurt. The O.R.B. states: ‘At 20.38 hrs. S.O.S. received. At 20.39 hrs. message received from PULHAM ‘Position 53.21 N. 03.45 S. Baling out. No further news. MISSING.’ The non-operational RAF Station at Pulham St Mary in Norfolk picked up a message after the aircraft had been airborne for two hours. It is thought that the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and ditched into the sea with the loss of all crew.
5	Jenkins	Martin	Flying Officer	144925	Runnymede			Navigator		Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-03-22	Lancaster	III	JB731	OF-F	Burn	1845	Frankfurt	Crashed in North Sea	Killed		Lancaster JB731 which departed RAF Bourn at 18.45 on a night operation to Frankfurt. The O.R.B. states: ‘At 20.38 hrs. S.O.S. received. At 20.39 hrs. message received from PULHAM ‘Position 53.21 N. 03.45 S. Baling out. No further news. MISSING.’ The non-operational RAF Station at Pulham St Mary in Norfolk picked up a message after the aircraft had been airborne for two hours. It is thought that the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and ditched into the sea with the loss of all crew.
6	Mills	Cecil Albert	Sergeant	1601802	Runnymede			Rear gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-03-22	Lancaster	III	JB731	OF-F	Burn	1845	Frankfurt	Crashed in North Sea	Killed		Lancaster JB731 which departed RAF Bourn at 18.45 on a night operation to Frankfurt. The O.R.B. states: ‘At 20.38 hrs. S.O.S. received. At 20.39 hrs. message received from PULHAM ‘Position 53.21 N. 03.45 S. Baling out. No further news. MISSING.’ The non-operational RAF Station at Pulham St Mary in Norfolk picked up a message after the aircraft had been airborne for two hours. It is thought that the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and ditched into the sea with the loss of all crew.
7	Moroney	William Patrick	Pilot Officer	158922	Runnymede			Pilot	RAFVR	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-03-22	Lancaster	III	JB731	OF-F	Burn	1845	Frankfurt	Crashed in North Sea	Killed		Lancaster JB731 which departed RAF Bourn at 18.45 on a night operation to Frankfurt. The O.R.B. states: ‘At 20.38 hrs. S.O.S. received. At 20.39 hrs. message received from PULHAM ‘Position 53.21 N. 03.45 S. Baling out. No further news. MISSING.’ The non-operational RAF Station at Pulham St Mary in Norfolk picked up a message after the aircraft had been airborne for two hours. It is thought that the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and ditched into the sea with the loss of all crew.

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