Operation: Stettin, Germany
Date: 29/30th August 1944 (Tuesday/Wednesday)
Unit: No. 101 Squadron
Type: Lancaster III
Serial: ME592
Code: SR-D
Base: RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire
Location: North East Ängelsholm
Pilot: F/O. Gordon Leslie Piprell J/86656 RCAF Age 22. Killed (1)
Fl/Eng: Sgt. John Alan Gibbon Brown 1591851 RAFVR Age 19. Killed
Nav: Sgt. James Charles Fawcett 1685718 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
Air/Bmr: Fl/Sgt. Edgar W. Cunningham RAFVR - Interned, Sweden - released October 1944
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. William George Noel Heath 1582590 RAFVR Age 20. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. George Farrington 1389162 RAFVR Age 21. Killed (2)
Air/Gnr: P/O. Wilfred Herbert Howie J/92950 RCAF Age 19. Killed
Air/Gnr: P/O. Francis James Kendall J/92949 RCAF Age 20. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off at 21:25hrs from Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire on ABC duties to Stettin (2). Overall, the average age of the crew was 20.
This successful raid on Stettin involved 402 Lancasters and 1 Mosquito with a total loss of 23 Lancasters. Much damage was caused to the town and industrial premises of Stettin and the dockyard with a loss of 1,033 lives and with 1,034 people injured.
101 Squadron Lancaster "Bombing up" (archives)
(1) Piprell Lake in Saskatchewan is named after F/O. Piprell(2) Sgt. George Farrington was the specialist operator on this operation.
(3) ABC equipped Lancaster were equipped by an extra crew member, a Special Operator, whose job it was to identify and jam any VHF transmission presenting a threat to the bomber stream.
F/O. Gordon Leslie Piprell. Helsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery, Sweden. Sp. Mem. Sec. XV. 81. Son of Charles Gordon Piprell and Dorothy Margaret Piprell of Borden, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Sgt. John Alan Gibbon Brown. Helsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery, Sweden. Sp. Mem. Sec. XV. 70. Son of Elizabeth Mary Brown of Wolsingham, Co. Durham, England.
Sgt. James Charles Fawcett. Helsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery, Sweden. Sp. Mem. Sec. XV. 72. Son of James and Emily Fawcett of Kendal, Westmorland, Cumbria, England.
Sgt. William George Noel Heath. Helsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery, Sweden. Sp. Mem. Sec. XV. 71. Son of Frederick Harold and Lucy Eleanor Heath of Alvaston, Derby, England.
P/O. Wilfred Herbert Howie. Helsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery, Sweden. Sp. Mem. Sec. XV. 71. Son of Herbert and Maud Howie of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.
P/O. Francis James Kendall. Helsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery, Sweden. Sp. Mem. Sec. XV. 81. Son of Thomas and Eleanor Jane Kendall of Deep Cove, British Columbia, Canada.
Researched by Aircrew Remembered, researcher and specialist genealogist Kate Tame for relatives of this crew. Acknowledgments: Ms Carin Olofsson and her fine remembrance website for grave photographs.
KT / KTY 03.08.2015 Page updated
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