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22/23 May, 1944; BRUNSWICK:
Over 220 Lancasters from 1 and 5 Groups plus 10 Mosquitoes made
up the force sent to Brunswick.
As the Master Bomber arrived over Brunswick with his 5 Group
marker force, they found 10/10ths cloud covering the target;
the met forecast had predicted clear weather. With these conditions
the 5 Group method of marking could not cope, and the raid became
a failure. At interrogation back at Fiskerton, crews reported
bombing the concentration of fires, and also 'Wanganui' flares
as they disappeared into cloud. Thirteen Lancasters were lost
on the raid, and once again one came from 49 Squadron.
It is not known if the loss of P/O Philip Graves-Hook and crew
was the result flak or fighter... there were no survivors. The
24 year-old pilot rests along-side his crew in Becklingen War
Cemetery in Soltau, Germany.
Lancaster NE125 (EA-K)
P/O P.R. Graves-Hook Pilot (Killed)
Sgt E.G.
Jones F/E (Killed)
F/O
W.G. Johnson RCAF NAV (Killed)
Sgt N.M. Goldberg W/OP (Killed)
F/O F.A.N. Clifton A/G (Killed)
F/O F.E.
Sinden A/B (Killed)
F/S G.H.
Little A/G (Killed)
Crew on their 7th operation
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