The story
At the date of 20-02-1944, time: 0230, the aircraft type Lancaster has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Elspeet (SW of). The unit of crew and plane is: 12 Sqdn. First flyer rank: F/Sergeant, name: N.C. Bowker. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Crew: Lancaster Mk.III - JB609 - PH-F - 20 Feb 1944 - Operation Leipzig
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1577716 - F/Sgt. - Pilot - N. C. Bowker - RAFVR - Age 21 - KIA
1737563 - Sgt. - Flt. Engineer - F. W. Burdett - RAFVR - Age 21 - KIA
1383128 - F/Sgt. - Navigator - A. I. Corlett - RAFVR - Age .. - KIA
1228595 - Sgt. - Air Bomber - E. Gedge - RAFVR - Age 29 - KIA
1312589 - Sgt. - W.Operator / Air Gunner - H. G. Williams - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
J/86759 - WO2 - Air Gunner - J. May - RCAF - Age .. - KIA
1153626 - Sgt. - Air Gunner - E. S. Goodridge - RAFVR - Age 24 - KIA
N. C. Bowker
F. W. Burdett
E. S. Goodridge
George Haydn Williams (Thanks to Hans de Ruiter, Elspeet)
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)
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