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| Name | O'DEA |
| First names | Ronald Patrick |
| Rank | F/Sgt |
| Service | RAAF |
| Service number | 427017 |
| Crew position | Air Gunner |
| Age | 21 |
| Date of death | 26/11/43 |
| Cemetery | Berlin War Cemetery Germany |
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| 26/27 November, 1943; BERLIN:
On the previous trips Berlin had always been cloud covered, but
on this occasion, as 440 Lancasters flew over the target the
visibility was clear. Flak defences over Berlin, and fighters
on the return leg accounted for 28 bombers and their crews. This gloomy evening’s tragedies had not yet come to an end; W/O Ron Brunt (JB362) had failed to return from Berlin; the 21 year old pilot and his crew, flying in D-Dog, were brought down over Berlin and only the bomb aimer, Sgt Burrows managed to escape with his life; their navigator, Sgt Fred Ashman was only 19 years of age. Lancaster JB362 (EA-D) W/O R. Brunt Pilot (Killed) Sgt H. Bronsky F/E (Killed) Sgt F.E. Ashman NAV (Killed) Sgt R.W. Norley DFM W/AG (Killed) F/S R.P. O'Dea A/G (Killed) Sgt J.G. Burrows B/A (P.o.W.) Sgt E.D. Wilson A/G (Killed) Crew on their 13th operation. |
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