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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Adam	Walter Joseph	Flight Sergeant	410934	Roll of Honour: Yarrawonga VIC Remembered: Panel 259, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT. Son of John James Adam and Violet Pearl Adam, of Bundalong South, Victoria, Australia.	Yarrawonga VIC, 22 March 1919	Australia	Rear gunner	RAAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	I	LL861	SR-H	Ludford Magna	2150	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter. Exploded. Crashed Lauterbach	Killed		Strong winds had blown LL861 well off course when, at 0045 hours whilst outbound, the Lancaster was intercepted by Hptm Gustav Tham flying a Me110 of IV./NJG5 from Nord-Erfurt Airfield (see Kracker Luftwaffe Archive). Fully laden, the Lancaster exploded with great force scattering debris over a large area near the German town of Lauterbach, about 40km NE of Frankfurt and about 200 km short of Nuremberg. All eight crew were killed, and only two crew members could be identified.
2	Huggett	Norman Grenfell	Flight Sergeant	413771	Roll of Honour: Young NSW Remembered: Panel 260, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT Remembered: Young Soldiers’ Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial Boards, Young NSW. Son of Arthur and Lucy Jane Huggett; husband of Joan Huggett, of Young, New South Wales, Australia.	Grenfell NSW, 17 September 1916	Australia	W/Op/AG	RAAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	I	LL861	SR-H	Ludford Magna	2150	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter. Exploded. Crashed Lauterbach	Killed		Strong winds had blown LL861 well off course when, at 0045 hours whilst outbound, the Lancaster was intercepted by Hptm Gustav Tham flying a Me110 of IV./NJG5 from Nord-Erfurt Airfield (see Kracker Luftwaffe Archive). Fully laden, the Lancaster exploded with great force scattering debris over a large area near the German town of Lauterbach, about 40km NE of Frankfurt and about 200 km short of Nuremberg. All eight crew were killed, and only two crew members could be identified.
3	Irving	Donald James	Pilot Officer	420950	Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK Remembered: Panel 124, Roll of Honour: North Bondi NSW Remembered: Panel 258, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT Remembered: Concord RSL Memorial Court, Concord West NSW	Naremburn NSW, 1 March 1918	Australia	Pilot	RAAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	I	LL861	SR-H	Ludford Magna	2150	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter. Exploded. Crashed Lauterbach	Killed		Lancaster LL861 of 101 Squadron took off from RAF Station Ludford Magna at 2211 hours on 30 March 1944 to carry out a bombing operation against Nurnberg. The aircraft was due back at Base at 0545 hours on 31 March, but nothing further was heard from the aircraft after take off. In 1949 it was established from an examination of German documents that the aircraft crashed at Lauterbach, 11 kms north east of Eisenbach, Germany, in the province of Thuringe, and all the crew of eight had lost their lives. Seven aircraft from the Squadron were lost on this mission. Strong winds had blown LL861 well off course when, at 0045 hours whilst outbound, the Lancaster was intercepted by Hptm Gustav Tham flying a Me110 of IV./NJG5 from Nord-Erfurt Airfield (see Kracker Luftwaffe Archive). Fully laden, the Lancaster exploded with great force scattering debris over a large area near the German town of Lauterbach, about 40km NE of Frankfurt and about 200 km short of Nuremberg. All eight crew were killed, and only two crew members could be identified.	Bio Irving crew
4	King	Stanley George Richard	Flight Sergeant	412542	Roll of Honour: Lithgow NSW Remembered: Panel 259, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK Remembered: Panel 125, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT	Rydal NSW, 18 October 1920	Australia	Navigator	RAAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	I	LL861	SR-H	Ludford Magna	2150	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter. Exploded. Crashed Lauterbach	Killed		Strong winds had blown LL861 well off course when, at 0045 hours whilst outbound, the Lancaster was intercepted by Hptm Gustav Tham flying a Me110 of IV./NJG5 from Nord-Erfurt Airfield (see Kracker Luftwaffe Archive). Fully laden, the Lancaster exploded with great force scattering debris over a large area near the German town of Lauterbach, about 40km NE of Frankfurt and about 200 km short of Nuremberg. All eight crew were killed, and only two crew members could be identified.
5	Litchfield	Ralph Frank	Flying Officer	J/25734	Runnymede		Canada	Special Duties Air Bomber	RCAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	I	LL861	SR-H	Ludford Magna	2150	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter. Exploded. Crashed Lauterbach	Killed	Full details are here: Paradie Canadian Archive LL861	Strong winds had blown LL861 well off course when, at 0045 hours whilst outbound, the Lancaster was intercepted by Hptm Gustav Tham flying a Me110 of IV./NJG5 from Nord-Erfurt Airfield (see Kracker Luftwaffe Archive). Fully laden, the Lancaster exploded with great force scattering debris over a large area near the German town of Lauterbach, about 40km NE of Frankfurt and about 200 km short of Nuremberg. All eight crew were killed, and only two crew members could be identified.
6	Newman	John Bede	Flight Sergeant	426999	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY 14. F. 15. Roll of Honour: Grenfell NSW, Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT, Remembered: Grenfell World War II Memorial, Grenfell NSW	Grenfell NSW, 10 September 1923	Australia	Mid upper gunner	RAAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	I	LL861	SR-H	Ludford Magna	2150	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter. Exploded. Crashed Lauterbach	Killed		Strong winds had blown LL861 well off course when, at 0045 hours whilst outbound, the Lancaster was intercepted by Hptm Gustav Tham flying a Me110 of IV./NJG5 from Nord-Erfurt Airfield (see Kracker Luftwaffe Archive). Fully laden, the Lancaster exploded with great force scattering debris over a large area near the German town of Lauterbach, about 40km NE of Frankfurt and about 200 km short of Nuremberg. All eight crew were killed, and only two crew members could be identified.
7	Noske	John Alfred	Flight Sergeant	427016	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY 14. F. 14. Epitaph: "THY WILL BE DONE" EVER REMEMBERED. Roll of Honour: Williams WA, Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT, Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA. Son of Edwin T. Noske and Lily H. Noske, of Williams, Western Australia.	Hawthorn VIC, 9 June 1922	Australia	Air/Bmr	RAAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	I	LL861	SR-H	Ludford Magna	2150	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter. Exploded. Crashed Lauterbach	Killed		Strong winds had blown LL861 well off course when, at 0045 hours whilst outbound, the Lancaster was intercepted by Hptm Gustav Tham flying a Me110 of IV./NJG5 from Nord-Erfurt Airfield (see Kracker Luftwaffe Archive). Fully laden, the Lancaster exploded with great force scattering debris over a large area near the German town of Lauterbach, about 40km NE of Frankfurt and about 200 km short of Nuremberg. All eight crew were killed, and only two crew members could be identified.
8	Phillips	Frank	Sergeant	1581809	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 236. Son of Frank and Mary Ann Selina Phillips, of Harborne, Birmingham.		British	FE	RAFVR	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	I	LL861	SR-H	Ludford Magna	2150	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter. Exploded. Crashed Lauterbach	Killed		Strong winds had blown LL861 well off course when, at 0045 hours whilst outbound, the Lancaster was intercepted by Hptm Gustav Tham flying a Me110 of IV./NJG5 from Nord-Erfurt Airfield (see Kracker Luftwaffe Archive). Fully laden, the Lancaster exploded with great force scattering debris over a large area near the German town of Lauterbach, about 40km NE of Frankfurt and about 200 km short of Nuremberg. All eight crew were killed, and only two crew members could be identified.