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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Birch	Ernest Hugh	Flight Sergeant	38770		Mid Upper Gunner	RAAF	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV881	ZA-Y	Melbourne	2216	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Helmut Pleines of the 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10, who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Crashed Steinheim near Hungen	Killed Age 21	Hannover War Cemetery 16. E. 14. Epitaph: Semper Fidelis		German intelligence had identified Nuremburg as the target that night and defences were well prepared; every available night-fighter was lying-in-wait and the ground defences of searchlights and anti-aircraft flak guns were increased along the bomber stream’s route. It is also documented that the evening was clear and featured a full moon; unusual for a night mission and against normal procedure. The task force was intercepted as they crossed over the Belgian border with 82 bombers being lost in the first hour. A further 13 aircraft were lost on their return and it is clear that LV881 met its fate in these circumstances along with the other casualties. Son of Harold Ernest and Victoria Maud Margaret Birch, of Bunbury, Western Australia.	LV881 Excavation Project
2	Lawes	Alan D	Sergeant			FE	RAFVR	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV881	ZA-Y	Melbourne	22:16	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Helmut Pleines of the 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10, who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Crashed Steinheim near Hungen	PoW Stalag luft 6 East Prussia			German intelligence had identified Nuremburg as the target that night and defences were well prepared; every available night-fighter was lying-in-wait and the ground defences of searchlights and anti-aircraft flak guns were increased along the bomber stream’s route. It is also documented that the evening was clear and featured a full moon; unusual for a night mission and against normal procedure. The task force was intercepted as they crossed over the Belgian border with 82 bombers being lost in the first hour. A further 13 aircraft were lost on their return and it is clear that LV881 met its fate in these circumstances along with the other casualties.	LV881 Excavation Project
3	Norris	William S 'Bill'	Warrant Officer Class 2		Canada	Navigator	RCAF	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV881	ZA-Y	Melbourne	2216	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Helmut Pleines of the 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10, who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Crashed Steinheim near Hungen	PoW Stalag Luft 6 East Prussia		Paradie Archive Database	German intelligence had identified Nuremburg as the target that night and defences were well prepared; every available night-fighter was lying-in-wait and the ground defences of searchlights and anti-aircraft flak guns were increased along the bomber stream’s route. It is also documented that the evening was clear and featured a full moon; unusual for a night mission and against normal procedure. The task force was intercepted as they crossed over the Belgian border with 82 bombers being lost in the first hour. A further 13 aircraft were lost on their return and it is clear that LV881 met its fate in these circumstances along with the other casualties.	LV881 Excavation Project
4	Regan	Walter Thomas Andrew	P/O	174080		Pilot	RAFVR	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV881	ZA-Y	Melbourne	2216	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Helmut Pleines of the 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10, who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Crashed Steinheim near Hungen	Killed Age 21	Hannover War Cemetery 16. E. 15. Epitaph: IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON WALTER. HE IS FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS. MUM AND DAD		May have been born in Germany in1923. His parents were Walter & Nora Regan of Barnsley. German intelligence had identified Nuremburg as the target that night and defences were well prepared; every available night-fighter was lying-in-wait and the ground defences of searchlights and anti-aircraft flak guns were increased along the bomber stream’s route. It is also documented that the evening was clear and featured a full moon; unusual for a night mission and against normal procedure. The task force was intercepted as they crossed over the Belgian border with 82 bombers being lost in the first hour. A further 13 aircraft were lost on their return and it is clear that LV881 met its fate in these circumstances along with the other casualties.	LV881 Excavation Project
5	Smith	Donald Lawrence	Sergeant	1395416	British	W/Op/Air/Gnr	RAFVR	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV881	ZA-Y	Melbourne	2216	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Helmut Pleines of the 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10, who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Crashed Steinheim near Hungen	Killed Age 21	Hannover War Cemetery 16. E. 17. Epitaph: AT REST. IN PEACE TO-DAY WE SHALL NE'ER FORGET YOUR SACRIFICE OF YESTERDAY		German intelligence had identified Nuremburg as the target that night and defences were well prepared; every available night-fighter was lying-in-wait and the ground defences of searchlights and anti-aircraft flak guns were increased along the bomber stream’s route. It is also documented that the evening was clear and featured a full moon; unusual for a night mission and against normal procedure. The task force was intercepted as they crossed over the Belgian border with 82 bombers being lost in the first hour. A further 13 aircraft were lost on their return and it is clear that LV881 met its fate in these circumstances along with the other casualties. Son of Arthur Samuel and Winifred Florence Smith, of Walthamstow, Essex.	LV881 Excavation Project
6	Tindal	Ronald Walter	Sergeant	1805768		A/G Tail	RAFVR	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV881	ZA-Y	Melbourne	2216	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Helmut Pleines of the 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10, who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Crashed Steinheim near Hungen	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery 16. E. 16.		German intelligence had identified Nuremburg as the target that night and defences were well prepared; every available night-fighter was lying-in-wait and the ground defences of searchlights and anti-aircraft flak guns were increased along the bomber stream’s route. It is also documented that the evening was clear and featured a full moon; unusual for a night mission and against normal procedure. The task force was intercepted as they crossed over the Belgian border with 82 bombers being lost in the first hour. A further 13 aircraft were lost on their return and it is clear that LV881 met its fate in these circumstances along with the other casualties.	LV881 Excavation Project
7	Wilmot	Norman	Flight Sergeant			Bomb Aimer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV881	ZA-Y	Melbourne	2216	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Helmut Pleines of the 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10, who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Crashed Steinheim near Hungen	PoW			German intelligence had identified Nuremburg as the target that night and defences were well prepared; every available night-fighter was lying-in-wait and the ground defences of searchlights and anti-aircraft flak guns were increased along the bomber stream’s route. It is also documented that the evening was clear and featured a full moon; unusual for a night mission and against normal procedure. The task force was intercepted as they crossed over the Belgian border with 82 bombers being lost in the first hour. A further 13 aircraft were lost on their return and it is clear that LV881 met its fate in these circumstances along with the other casualties.	LV881 Excavation Project

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