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Date of Death : 30 May 1943
Source:
AWM 64 (1/293) AWM 64 (1/294) AWM 237 (63)
Aircraft Type: Lancaster
Serial number: W 4985
Radio call sign: AR – O
Unit: 460 Sqn RAAF
Summary:
Lancaster W 4985 took off from RAF Binbrook on 29 May 1943 to attack Wuppertal,
Germany. Bomb load 1 x 4000 lb bomb, 548 x 30lb and 600 x 4lb incendiaries. Nothing
was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Twelve aircraft
from the squadron took part in the raid.
Crew:
RAF Sgt Russell, T P Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 414917 Sgt Dun, R W (Navigator)
RAAF 413803 Flt Sgt Taylor, T (Bomb Aimer)
RAF Sgt Findlay, P W (Wireless Operator)
RAF Sgt Clague, W F C (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt Gordon, D G (Air Gunner)
RAAF 409057 Sgt Kirk, G A (Air Gunner)
Both Sgt Dun and Sgt Kirk (RAAF) became POW’s. The remainder of the crew were
killed. Flt Sgt Taylor is interred in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
In a later statement Sgt Kirk said “The aircraft was badly damaged by flak. The outer port
and starboard engines, tail plane, wing and fuselage were damaged. I abandoned the
aircraft and landed on the east bank of the Rhine. Captured after two hours. Taylor and
Gordon were wounded. The aircraft crashed into the Rhine near Koblenz.”
Date of Death : 30 May
Date of Death : 30 May 1943
Source:
AWM 64 (1/293) AWM 64 (1/294) AWM 237 (63)
Aircraft Type: Lancaster
Serial number: W 4985
Radio call sign: AR – O
Unit: 460 Sqn RAAF
Summary:
Lancaster W 4985 took off from RAF Binbrook on 29 May 1943 to attack Wuppertal,
Germany. Bomb load 1 x 4000 lb bomb, 548 x 30lb and 600 x 4lb incendiaries. Nothing
was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Twelve aircraft
from the squadron took part in the raid.
Crew:
RAF Sgt Russell, T P Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 414917 Sgt Dun, R W (Navigator)
RAAF 413803 Flt Sgt Taylor, T (Bomb Aimer)
RAF Sgt Findlay, P W (Wireless Operator)
RAF Sgt Clague, W F C (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt Gordon, D G (Air Gunner)
RAAF 409057 Sgt Kirk, G A (Air Gunner)
Both Sgt Dun and Sgt Kirk (RAAF) became POW’s. The remainder of the crew were
killed. Flt Sgt Taylor is interred in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
In a later statement Sgt Kirk said “The aircraft was badly damaged by flak. The outer port
and starboard engines, tail plane, wing and fuselage were damaged. I abandoned the
aircraft and landed on the east bank of the Rhine. Captured after two hours. Taylor and
Gordon were wounded. The aircraft crashed into the Rhine near Koblenz.”