File 046. 1944-02-15/16 Lancaster II DS794 Pattle IJsselmeer

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Date: 1944 Feb 15/16 A/C Type: Lancaster II SN: DS794 Code: OW-W A/C Nickname:
 File: 46 Airforce: RAF Sqn/Unit:  426 Sqn Mission/Raid: Bombing Berlin
1 Pilot F/Sgt. Basil W. Pattle     RCAF     MIA 9    
2 Fl. Eng.  Sgt. August B. Chester     MIA 10    
3 Nav.  F/Sgt. Peter Labach    RCAF  buried Harderwijk 11    
4 Bomb.  F/Sgt. Lyle W. Hicks  RCAF (of USA) Harderwijk 12    
5 WOpp/AG Sgt. Leslie T.  Prosser   RCAF  Harderwijk 13    
6 MU gunner F/Sgt. William K.M. Love   RCAF (of USA) Elburg 14    
7 Rear gunner Sgt. Orville W. Hicks  RCAF    MIA 15    
8     16                    

Shot down by a German nightfighter and crashed in Lake IJsselmeer, today polder Oost-Flevoland.

 

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