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Operation: Brauschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 14/15th January 1944
Unit: No. 166 Squadron
Type: Lancaster III
Serial: EE137
Code: AS-C2
Base: RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Location: 5km SW of Stockse, Nr. Wienberg-Weser, Gremany
Pilot: W/O. William Valentine Butler 1318348 RAFVR Age 28. Killed
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Raymond Edward William Cheeseman 1804108 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
Nav: Fl/Sgt. J. W. Thomas 1321056 RAF PoW No.? Camp: DL (Wetzar)
Air/Bmr: Sgt. J. Holden 1337090 RAF PoW No. 270044 Camp: L3 (Sagan and Belaria) and 4B (Muhlberg)
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Frederick Charles Collins 1389556 RAFVR Age 20. Killed
Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Ronald Soo 1052600 RAFVR Age 23. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. James Michael Preston R/187614 RCAF Age 22. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off at 16:29hrs. from RAF Kirmington on a mission to Braunschweig.
The aircraft crashed into woods 5km South West of Stockse. The reason for this air crash has never been established. The aircraft may have been hit by flak or attacked by an enemy fighter. 496 aircraft took part in this major raid with the loss of 38 Lancasters.
W/O. William Valentine Butler is remembered on the WW2 Memorial in the old Northern Grammar School, Portsmouth (now Mayfield School)
Burial details:
W/O. William Valentine Butler. Hanover War Cemetery, Lower Saxony, Germany. Grave Reference. 16. J. 3. Son of William Arthur Butler and of Lucy Ayling Butler of Copnor, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. William is remembered on the War Memorial panel in the old Northern Grammar School, Portsmouth (now Mayfield School)
Sgt. Raymond Edward William Cheeseman. Hanover War Cemetery, Lower Saxony, Germany. Grave Reference. 16. J. 1. Son of Edward George and Ada Louise Cheeseman of Greenhithe, Kent, England.
Sgt. Frederick Charles Collins. Hanover War Cemetery, Lower Saxony, Germany. Grave Reference. Joint Grave 16. J. 4-5. Son of William Charles and Eliza Dorothy Collins of East Tisted, Hampshire, England.
Fl/Sgt. Ronald Soo. Hanover War Cemetery, Lower Saxony, Germany. Grave Reference. Joint Grave 16. J. 4-5. Son of Quan and Beatrice Soo of Litherland, Liverpool. Ronald was born in 1920, Liverpool, England.
Sgt. James Michael Preston. Hanover War Cemetery, Lower Saxony, Germany. Grave Reference. 16. J. 2. Son of James Edward and Georgina Ann Preston of Chatham, Ontario, Canada. James was born on the 27th November 1921.
Researched by Aircrew Remembered, researcher and specialist genealogist Kate Tame for relatives of this crew.
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