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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Notes
1	Brown	John	Flight Sergeant	1575151	1913	Bomb Aimer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	576 Sqn	1944-06-16	Lancaster	III	PA997	UL:D2	Elsham Wolds	22:53	Synthetic Oil Plant Sterkrade	Claimed by Fw Herbert Puchner 6/NJG1 - 5km South West of Lembeck (North of Dorsten): 5,300m at 01:38 hrs.(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed Rhade 9km NNW from the centre of Dorsten.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row C Grave 9	Son of Frank and Elizabeth Brown, of Congleton; husband of Joan Bradwell Brown, of Congleton
2	Jefferson	Thomas	Flight Sergeant	1482478	1922	Navigator	RAFVR	Bomber Command	576 Sqn	1944-06-16	Lancaster	III	PA997	UL:D2	Elsham Wolds	22:53	Synthetic Oil Plant Sterkrade	Claimed by Fw Herbert Puchner 6/NJG1 - 5km South West of Lembeck (North of Dorsten): 5,300m at 01:38 hrs.(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed Rhade 9km NNW from the centre of Dorsten.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row C Grave 12.	Flt Sgt Jefferson’s body was found East of Dorsten at Hervest Son of Norah Jefferson, of Bury, Lancashire.
3	Lillicrap	Herbert Edgar	Flight Sergeant	1894974	1925	Air Gunner (Mid Upper)	RAFVR	Bomber Command	576 Sqn	1944-06-16	Lancaster	III	PA997	UL:D2	Elsham Wolds	22:53	Synthetic Oil Plant Sterkrade	Claimed by Fw Herbert Puchner 6/NJG1 - 5km South West of Lembeck (North of Dorsten): 5,300m at 01:38 hrs.(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed Rhade 9km NNW from the centre of Dorsten.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row C Grave 11.	Son of Herbert Lionel and Kate Beatrice Lillicrap, of Erith, Kent.
4	Philip	Charles	Flight Sergeant	1822774	1924	Air Gunner (Rear)	RAFVR	Bomber Command	576 Sqn	1944-06-16	Lancaster	III	PA997	UL:D2	Elsham Wolds	22:53	Synthetic Oil Plant Sterkrade	Claimed by Fw Herbert Puchner 6/NJG1 - 5km South West of Lembeck (North of Dorsten): 5,300m at 01:38 hrs.(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed Rhade 9km NNW from the centre of Dorsten.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row C Grave 10	Son of Charles and Christina Cook Philp, of Dunfermline, Fife.
5	Puttock	Alec Lenard	Pilot Officer	175906	1919	Pilot	RAFVR	Bomber Command	576 Sqn	1944-06-16	Lancaster	III	PA997	UL:D2	Elsham Wolds	22:53	Synthetic Oil Plant Sterkrade	Claimed by Fw Herbert Puchner 6/NJG1 - 5km South West of Lembeck (North of Dorsten): 5,300m at 01:38 hrs.(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed Rhade 9km NNW from the centre of Dorsten	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row C Grave 8	Son of Adelaide Victoria Puttock, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
6	Templeton	Leslie Ronnie Stephen	Flight Sergeant	1099268		Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	576 Sqn	1944-06-16	Lancaster	III	PA997	UL:D2	Elsham Wolds	22:53	Synthetic Oil Plant Sterkrade	Claimed by Fw Herbert Puchner 6/NJG1 - 5km South West of Lembeck (North of Dorsten): 5,300m at 01:38 hrs.(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed Rhade 9km NNW from the centre of Dorsten.	PoW Number 194, Stalag Luft 7 Bankan near Kruelburg Upper Silesia /Stalag Luft 3A Luckenwalde.		Flt Sgt Templeton was involved with “The Long March”. He passed away July 1991 in Ashford Kent.
7	Warr	D W G	Flight Sergeant	1314538		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	576 Sqn	1944-06-16	Lancaster	III	PA997	UL:D2	Elsham Wolds	22:53	Synthetic Oil Plant Sterkrade	Claimed by Fw Herbert Puchner 6/NJG1 - 5km South West of Lembeck (North of Dorsten): 5,300m at 01:38 hrs.(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed Rhade 9km NNW from the centre of Dorsten.	PoW Number 199, Stalag Luft 7 Bankan near Kruelburg Upper Silesia Stalag Luft 3A Luckenwalde		Flt Sgt Warr was involved with “The Long March”.

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