Operation: Dusseldorf, Germany
Date: 10/11th September 1942
Unit: No. 83 (PFF) Squadron (Pathfinders)
Type: Lancaster I
Serial: W4104
Code: OL-A
Base: RAF Wyton
Location: Neuss, West bank of the Rhine, Germany
Pilot: F/O. JohnGordon McDonald DFC J/5059 RCAF Age 25. Killed
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Albert GeorgeCook 1293852 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
Nav: F/O. Harris LewingtonMazengarb 402667 RAAF Age 22. Killed
Air/Bmr: Sgt. Philipp William Samwell 1195426 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Donald John Calderwood R/68128 RCAF Age 26. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. GrahamGeorge Millard 1179058 RAFVR Age ? Killed
Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Harry Raeburn Watson R/98140 RCAF Age 21. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft took off from RAF Wyton at 20.36 hrs. carrying 1 x 2000, 1 x 1900, 32 flares, 4 red flares and 4 green flares.
The operation took place in fine weather with good visibility. 476 aircraft took part with 38 aircraft lost on this operation with many being claimed by the night fighters of 8 and 9./NJG2 and 1 and 3./NJG1.
The aircraft and crew failed to return from mission, their Lancaster crashed at Neuss. There are no nightfighter claims for this aircraft, so it is likely that they were probably hit by Anti-aircraft fire.
Crash site of Lancaster W4104 OL-A at Neuss
Left: F/O. JohnGordon McDonald DFC with Right: Fl/Sgt. Donald John Calderwood
Norman McDonald posthumously receiving his sons D.F.C. from the Governor General in Ottawa. Right: F/O. McDonald holding niece Patricia with nephew Ian in the back yard of his parents home.
Funerals of the deceased took place in the Nordfriedhof at Dusseldorf. Since been re-interred at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Left: Grave of F/O. McDonald - click to enlarge
Sgt. Albert George Cook Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. E. 3. Son of George Henry and Annie Louisa Cook, of Wealdstone, Harrow, Middlesex, England.
F/O. Harris Lewington Mazengarb Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. D. 9. Son of Reginald Muller Mazengarb and Alice Winifred Mazengarb, of Cammeray, New South Wales. Australia.
Fl/Sgt. Donald John Calderwood Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. D. 7. From Glencoe, Ontario, Canada. N.o.K details currently not available - are you able to assist completion of these and any other information?
Sgt. Graham George Millard Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. D. 11. N.o.K details currently not available - are you able to assist completion of these and any other information?
Right: Grave of Fl/Sgt. Watson - click to enlarge.
Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with thanks to 'Dawn' at Find A grave, Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vol's. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vol's. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Aircrew Remembered own Archives.
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