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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	Notes
1	Bergin	Joseph Stanley	Flight Sergeant	402533	Runnymede Memorial Panel 263	1911	New Zealander	Navigator	RNZAF	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-01-21	Lancaster	I	W4852	LS-B	Mildenhall	2020	Magdeburg	At 2310 hrs Hptm Manfred Meurer Stab I/NJG1 collided with the Lancaster W4852 LS-B roughly 20 kilometres East of Magdeburg. His aircraft He 219 A-0 (Werknummer 190070) "G9+BB" crashed and Hptm Meurer, his radar operator Ofw Gerhard Scheibe, the first radio operator of the night fighter force to have received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and all seven members of the Lancaster crew, were in killed in action	Killed	On 31 Jan 1944 Hptm Meurer was given a military funeral at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. German documents revealed that the a/c had crashed near the village of Wormlitz in the Jericho district and that the bodies of Flt.Sgt. Jager, Flt.Sgt. Butler, Flt.Sgt. Proteous and Sgt. Summers together with 3 who could not be identified. The records did not indicate the place of burial. A thorough search of the Jericho district was made but the graves of the crew could not be found. It was subsequently recorded that they had no known grave Son of Joseph and Rubina Bergin, of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
2	Butler	Robert John	Pilot Officer	170230	Runnymede Memorial Panel 210	1921		Pilot	RAFVR	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-01-21	Lancaster	I	W4852	LS-B	Mildenhall	2020	Magdeburg	At 2310 hrs Hptm Manfred Meurer Stab I/NJG1 collided with the Lancaster W4852 LS-B roughly 20 kilometres East of Magdeburg. His aircraft He 219 A-0 (Werknummer 190070) "G9+BB" crashed and Hptm Meurer, his radar operator Ofw Gerhard Scheibe, the first radio operator of the night fighter force to have received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and all seven members of the Lancaster crew, were in killed in action	Killed	On 31 Jan 1944 Hptm Meurer was given a military funeral at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. German documents revealed that the a/c had crashed near the village of Wormlitz in the Jericho district and that the bodies of Flt.Sgt. Jager, Flt.Sgt. Butler, Flt.Sgt. Proteous and Sgt. Summers together with 3 who could not be identified. The records did not indicate the place of burial. A thorough search of the Jericho district was made but the graves of the crew could not be found. It was subsequently recorded that they had no known grave Son of James Frederick and Miriam Daisy Butler, of Dagenham, Essex
3	Holborow	Richard Frank Bernard	Flight Sergeant	1191808	Runnymede Memorial Panel 218	1924		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-01-21	Lancaster	I	W4852	LS-B	Mildenhall	2020	Magdeburg	At 2310 hrs Hptm Manfred Meurer Stab I/NJG1 collided with the Lancaster W4852 LS-B roughly 20 kilometres East of Magdeburg. His aircraft He 219 A-0 (Werknummer 190070) "G9+BB" crashed and Hptm Meurer, his radar operator Ofw Gerhard Scheibe, the first radio operator of the night fighter force to have received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and all seven members of the Lancaster crew, were in killed in action	Killed	On 31 Jan 1944 Hptm Meurer was given a military funeral at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. German documents revealed that the a/c had crashed near the village of Wormlitz in the Jericho district and that the bodies of Flt.Sgt. Jager, Flt.Sgt. Butler, Flt.Sgt. Proteous and Sgt. Summers together with 3 who could not be identified. The records did not indicate the place of burial. A thorough search of the Jericho district was made but the graves of the crew could not be found. It was subsequently recorded that they had no known grave Son of Frank Charles and Lilian May Holborow, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
4	Jager	William Russell	Flight Sergeant	409923	Runnymede Memorial Panel 260	4 June 1918, Thornbury, VIC, Australia	Australian	Bomb Aimer	RAAF	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-01-21	Lancaster	I	W4852	LS-B	Mildenhall	2020	Magdeburg	At 2310 hrs Hptm Manfred Meurer Stab I/NJG1 collided with the Lancaster W4852 LS-B roughly 20 kilometres East of Magdeburg. His aircraft He 219 A-0 (Werknummer 190070) "G9+BB" crashed and Hptm Meurer, his radar operator Ofw Gerhard Scheibe, the first radio operator of the night fighter force to have received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and all seven members of the Lancaster crew, were in killed in action	Killed	On 31 Jan 1944 Hptm Meurer was given a military funeral at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. German documents revealed that the a/c had crashed near the village of Wormlitz in the Jericho district and that the bodies of Flt.Sgt. Jager, Flt.Sgt. Butler, Flt.Sgt. Proteous and Sgt. Summers together with 3 who could not be identified. The records did not indicate the place of burial. A thorough search of the Jericho district was made but the graves of the crew could not be found. It was subsequently recorded that they had no known grave Son of Ernest Harry and Florence Mabel Jager, of Thornbury, Victoria, Australia
5	Porteous	Kenneth Alexander	Flight Sergeant	1506078	Runnymede Memorial Panel 221	1916		Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-01-21	Lancaster	I	W4852	LS-B	Mildenhall	2020	Magdeburg	At 2310 hrs Hptm Manfred Meurer Stab I/NJG1 collided with the Lancaster W4852 LS-B roughly 20 kilometres East of Magdeburg. His aircraft He 219 A-0 (Werknummer 190070) "G9+BB" crashed and Hptm Meurer, his radar operator Ofw Gerhard Scheibe, the first radio operator of the night fighter force to have received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and all seven members of the Lancaster crew, were in killed in action	Killed	On 31 Jan 1944 Hptm Meurer was given a military funeral at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. German documents revealed that the a/c had crashed near the village of Wormlitz in the Jericho district and that the bodies of Flt.Sgt. Jager, Flt.Sgt. Butler, Flt.Sgt. Proteous and Sgt. Summers together with 3 who could not be identified. The records did not indicate the place of burial. A thorough search of the Jericho district was made but the graves of the crew could not be found. It was subsequently recorded that they had no known grave Son of George and Mary Porteous; husband of Beatrice Mabel Porteous, of Felixstowe, Suffolk
6	Smith	Cyril Edward	Sergeant	1202361	Runnymede Memorial Panel 238	1911		Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-01-21	Lancaster	I	W4852	LS-B	Mildenhall	2020	Magdeburg	At 2310 hrs Hptm Manfred Meurer Stab I/NJG1 collided with the Lancaster W4852 LS-B roughly 20 kilometres East of Magdeburg. His aircraft He 219 A-0 (Werknummer 190070) "G9+BB" crashed and Hptm Meurer, his radar operator Ofw Gerhard Scheibe, the first radio operator of the night fighter force to have received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and all seven members of the Lancaster crew, were in killed in action	Killed	On 31 Jan 1944 Hptm Meurer was given a military funeral at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. German documents revealed that the a/c had crashed near the village of Wormlitz in the Jericho district and that the bodies of Flt.Sgt. Jager, Flt.Sgt. Butler, Flt.Sgt. Proteous and Sgt. Summers together with 3 who could not be identified. The records did not indicate the place of burial. A thorough search of the Jericho district was made but the graves of the crew could not be found. It was subsequently recorded that they had no known grave Son of Benjamin and Mary Smith, of Wolverhampton; husband of Ivy Smith, of Wolverhampton
7	Summers	Andrew Bernard	Sergeant	547067	Runnymede Memorial Panel 238	1920		Air Gunner	RAF	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-01-21	Lancaster	I	W4852	LS-B	Mildenhall	2020	Magdeburg	At 2310 hrs Hptm Manfred Meurer Stab I/NJG1 collided with the Lancaster W4852 LS-B roughly 20 kilometres East of Magdeburg. His aircraft He 219 A-0 (Werknummer 190070) "G9+BB" crashed and Hptm Meurer, his radar operator Ofw Gerhard Scheibe, the first radio operator of the night fighter force to have received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and all seven members of the Lancaster crew, were in killed in action	Killed	On 31 Jan 1944 Hptm Meurer was given a military funeral at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. German documents revealed that the a/c had crashed near the village of Wormlitz in the Jericho district and that the bodies of Flt.Sgt. Jager, Flt.Sgt. Butler, Flt.Sgt. Proteous and Sgt. Summers together with 3 who could not be identified. The records did not indicate the place of burial. A thorough search of the Jericho district was made but the graves of the crew could not be found. It was subsequently recorded that they had no known grave Son of Andrew Bernard and Wilhelmina Summers, husband of Hetty Summers, of Penn, Staffordshire

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