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| Name | HAYNES |
| First names | George Charles |
| Rank | Sgt |
| Service | RAF |
| Service number | 1280307 |
| Crew position | Navigator |
| Age | 22 |
| Date of death | 31/05/42 |
| Cemetery | No known grave (remembered at Runnymede) |
 From the panel at Runnymede |
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 Images courtesy of Anne Waller (George was her mother's cousin) |
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| 30/31 May, 1942; COLOGNE (THE
FIRST 1,000 BOMBER RAID) The Squadron was able to detail 13 aircraft, but 1 became unserviceable and had to be withdrawn. The maximum effort required resulted in 83 Squadron borrowing 3 Manchesters from 49's Conversion Flight. With a full moon beginning to rise, 49's Manchesters (along with 13 Lancasters from 83 Squadron) started taking off from Scampton at 22.50hrs. A record 1,047 aircraft were dispatched, of which sadly, a record 41 failed to return. P/O John Carter (L7429) and crew came down in the North Sea. The crew remain officially 'missing without trace'; they are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial. Manchester L7429 P/O J.P. Carter Pilot (Missing) F/S D. Block 2nd Pilot (Missing) Sgt G.C. Haynes NAV (Missing) Sgt L.J. Yeates W/AG (Missing) Sgt M.S. Ash A/G (Missing) Sgt A.G. Welch RAAF A/G (Missing) Sgt J.C. Ramsey A/G (Missing) |
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