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NAME

POSITION

AIR-FORCE

COMMENTS

F/L Scott.E.M.

Pilot

RAAF

Posted to 463 Sq Feb 44. KIA 11.5.44.

Sgt Boulton.R.H.

Engineer

RAF

KIA 11.5.44.

F/S Chapple.I.

Navigator

RAAF

KIA 11.5.44.

F/S Peters.W.T.

Bomb Aimer

RAAF

KIA 11.5.44.

Sgt Pringle.L.

Wireless Operator

RAF

KIA 11.5.44.

F/S Ash.R.W.

Gunner MU

RAAF

KIA 11.5.44.

Sgt Jones.T.

Gunner MU

RAF

1/2.3.44

F/S Slade.W.A.

Gunner Tail

RAAF

KIA 11.5.44.

F/S Bowman.N.J.

Gunner Tail

RAF

15/16.3.44

 

DATE

TARGET FOR TONIGHT

AIRCRAFT

COMMENTS

19/20.2.44

Leipzig

No Number

 

24/25.2.44

Schweinfurt

LL795

 

25/26.2.44

Augsburg

LL795

 

1/2.3.44

Stuttgart

LL795

 

15/16.3.44

Stuttgart

LL795

 

18/19.3.44

Frankfurt

LL795

 

22/23.3.44

Frankfurt

LL795

 

24/25.3.44

Berlin

LL795

 

26/27.3.44

Essen

LL795

 

30/31.3.44

Nuremberg

LL795

 

5/6.4.44

Toulouse

LL847 JO.D

 

10/11.4.44

Tours

LL795

 

11/12.4.44

Aachen

LL795

Engine damage.

18/19.4.44

Juvisy

LL795

 

20/21.4.44

La Chappelle

LL795

 

22/23.4.44

Brunswick

LL795

 

24/25.4.44

Munich

LL795

 

26/27.4.44

Schweinfurt

LL795

 

10/11.5.44

Lille

HK535 JO.N

Missing.

F/L Scott and crew were an early crew on 463 Sq and it was not usual to list the postings in to the Sq in Orbs, so no date is listed and we assume they arrived in February.

Their tour started normally till the 11/12.4.44 ops to Aachen. They returned with the P/O engine Damaged and feathered.

10/11.5.44. On the op to Lille they were lost in HK535 JO.N on their 20th op. This op proved to be the worst op of the war for 463/467 SQ they lost 7 A/C from 31 dispatched. 1 A/C carried 8 men which was 50 men lost out of 218 dispatched or more than 20% of the men lost.

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