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30/31 March, 1944; NUREMBERG: Much has
already been written regards this operation in which for various
reasons, Bomber Command suffered its biggest loss of the war;
31 Halifaxes and 64 Lancasters, 11.9 per cent of the force dispatched
failed to return. The unit's contribution to the night’s
proceedings involved 16 Lancasters; the first aircraft lifting
away from Fiskerton at 21.55hrs.
F/O Bill Colhoun (JB466) from Belfast, piloted A-Able on the
crew’s 6th operation were lost; a night fighter got them,
the 64th to go down. Four members of the crew were killed and
included F/O Colhoun and Sgt Leslie Broad who both have no known
graves, plus New Zealander, F/Sgt Hector Anderson and Sgt Kenneth
Ellam who are buried in Berlin.
Lancaster JB466 (EA-A)
F/O W.A.L. Colhoun Pilot (Missing)
Sgt A.W.
Black F/E (P.o.W.)
Sgt R.
Prinn NAV (P.o.W.)
Sgt K. Ellam W/OP (Killed)
Sgt L.H. Broad A/G (Missing)
F/S H.W.
Anderson RNZAF B/A (Killed)
Sgt W.A.
Simmons A/G (Killed)
Crew on their 6th operation
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