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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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09/10.03.1943 N0. 100 Squadron Lancaster III ED587 HW-V Sq/Ldr. Barker

Operation: München

Date: 09/10th March 1943 (Tuesday/Wednesday)

Unit: No. 100 Squadron

Type: Lancaster III

Serial: ED587

Code: JA-V (some list it as HW-V)

Base: RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Location: Near Maubeuge Northern France.

Pilot: Sq/Ldr. Derrick Maxwell Barker 40070 RAF Age 27. Killed

Fl/Eng: Sgt. Frank George Gibling Edwards 1219680 RAFVR Age 21. Killed

Nav: Sgt. Reginald William Walker 658252 RAFVR Age 22. Killed (1)

Air/Bmr: Sgt. Joshua Morgan 658473 RAFVR Age ? Killed (2)

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Herbert Brock 1207000 RAFVR Age 28. Killed

Air/Gnr: Sgt. Thomas Frame Millar 1560123 RAFVR Age 18. Killed (3)

Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. 'Freddie' Fred Salvage 1125185 RAFVR Age 20. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Taking off from RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire at 19.48 hrs joining some 263 other aircraft to bomb Munich.

6 were intercepted and shot down by Luftwaffe night fighters with the remaining 2 shot down by flak. Another aircraft, a Stirling III R9358 BU-A from 214 Squadron crashed on take off at RAF Chedburg in Suffolk.

Details from Munich regarding damage and casualties report that 291 buildings were destroyed, 660 damaged severely with a further 2,134 not so seriously damaged.

Sadly amongst to building damaged were 11 hospitals, Munich Cathedral. But the HQ of the Flak brigade was among the buildings destroyed and of more importance the BMW factory which manufactured aircraft engines. 208 people on the ground were killed with a further 425 injured.

The local Flak fired some 14,234 rounds of ammunition during this raid! With one known hit. It maybe that Lancaster ED587 was also damaged during this barrage, crashing on the return flight.

A total of 39 aircrew were killed, 10 taken PoW with a further 8 evading capture and returnIng to there units. The 7 crew of the Stirling crash in in England were all injured.

(1 - 2) Sgt. Morgan and Sgt Walker were in the British Army - transferring in January 1939.
(3) Sgt. Millar, one of the youngest aircrew members to die during 1943.

Memorials to 100 Squadron aircrew who were lost.


Crew graves at Maubeuge Centre Cemetery

Burial details:


Sq/Ldr. Derrick Maxwell Barker. Maubeuge Centre Cemetery, France. Row B. Grave 21. Son of Harry David and Daisy Barker, husband of Viva Kathleen Barker, of Bristol, England.

Sgt. Frank George Gibling Edwards. Maubeuge Centre Cemetery, France. Row B. Grave 19. Son of George William and Elizabeth Edwards, of Edgware, Middlesex, England.

Sgt. Reginald William Walker. Maubeuge Centre Cemetery, France. Row B. Grave 18. Son of William John and E]iza Clara Walker, of North Earlham, Norfolk, England.

Sgt. Joshua Morgan. Maubeuge Centre Cemetery, France. Row B. Grave 23. No further details currently available.

Sgt. Herbert Brock. Maubeuge Centre Cemetery, France. Row B. Grave 20. Son of Leonard and Minnie Brock, of Rayne, Essex, England. Husband of Ruth Edna Brock.

Sgt. Thomas Frame Millar. Maubeuge Centre Cemetery, France. Row B. Grave 24. Son of John Peacock Millar and of Helen Millar (nee Webster Kerr), of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Fl/Sgt. 'Freddie' Fred Salvage. Maubeuge Centre Cemetery, France. Row B. Grave 22. Son of Fredrick and Berth Salvage - no further details.

Researched and dedicated to relatives of the crew. With thanks to the following for further information supplied, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vol's. 1 and 2', Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses' Vol. 4, Tom Kracker - 'Kracker Luftwaffe Archives'. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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