|
7/8 July, 1944; ST-LUE-D'ESSERENT (CRIEL):
5 Group paid a second visit to the V1storage dump at St Leu on
the 7th. A slightly smaller force of 208 Lancasters led by Pathfinder
Mosquitoes, accurately bombed the tunnels in which the flying
bombs were stored. But the cost in men and aircraft was to be
high; 29 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes were lost as German night-fighters
again took their toll.
What did shock and sadden many at Fiskerton was the loss of one
very experienced crew; F/Lt George Ball DFC (LM541) was flying
his 30th operation, and most of his crew their 29th. Tragically
they were all killed and are buried in Le Chesne Cemetery, Eure,
France.
Lancaster LM541 (EA-N)
F/L G.E. Ball DFC Pilot (Killed)
Sgt E.
Wardman F/E (Killed)
P/O G. Millar
NAV (Killed)
P/O J. Kernahan W/OP (Killed)
Sgt J.A. Kirwan DFM A/G (Killed)
P/O G.A. Rae
RCAF A/B (Killed)
F/S
G.J.W.Parkinson DFM A/G (Killed)
Crew on their 29th operation
|
.jpg)
.jpg)
