durstonig

NAME	POSITION	AIR FORCE	COMMENTS
F/L Durston.I.G. DFC	Pilot	RAAF	Posted to 467 Sq 20.7.43. KIA 29.1.44
Sgt Aver.F.A.	Engineer	RAF
Sgt Richards.D.S.	Navigator	RAF	Original crew, no ops with them.
F/L Fry. H.L.	Navigator	RAF
F/S Griffiths.S.J.	Bomb Aimer	RAAF
F/S Ludlow.R.L.	Wireless Operator	RAAF
F/S Gill.P.R.	Gunner MU	RAAF
F/S BrookS.J.L.	Gunner MU	RAF	22/23.10.43
F/S Sutherland.J.W.A	Gunner Tail	RAAF
Sgt Nicholas.K.W.	Gunner Tail	RAAF	22/23.10.43

OP’s DATE	TARGET FOR TONIGHT	AIRCRAFT	COMMENTS
9/10.8.43	Mannkeim	DV226
12/13.8.43	Milan	DV226
27/28.8.43	Nurnburg	DV226
30/31.8.43	Munchen Gladbach	DV226
3/4.9.43	Berlin	DV226
5/6.9.43	Mannheim	DV240 PO-D
22/23.9.43	Hanover	ED772
23/24.9.43	Mannheim	JB13O
4/5.10.43	Frankfurt	ED143
7/8.10.43	Stuttgart	ED867 PO-L	There is some confusion about the registration of ED867. Some records show as PO-T and some show as PO-L
18/19.10.43	Hanover	ED867 PO-L
20/21.10.43	Leipzig	ED867 PO-L
22/23.10.43	Kassel	ED867 PO-L
3/4.11.43	Dusseldorf	ED867 PO-L
10/11.11.43	Modane	ED867 PO-L
2/3.12.43	Berlin	ED867 PO-L
3/4.12.43	Leipzig	ED867 PO-L
16/17.12.43	Berlin	ED867 PO-L
20/21.12.43	Frankfurt	ED867 PO-L
29/30.12.43	Berlin	ED867 PO-L
2/3.1.44	Berlin	ED867 PO-L
20/21.1.44	Berlin	ED867 PO-L
21/22.1.44	Magdeburg	ED867 PO-L
27/28.1.44	Berlin	ED867 PO-L
28/29.1.44	Berlin	ED867 PO-L	See the story in the True Tales section on the web. 50 Year Mystery of the Missing Lancaster.

27/28.7.43 F/O Durston 2nd. pilot to Hamburg with W/C Gomm

29/30.7.43 F/O Durston 2nd. pilot to Hamburg with F/L Sullivan

Ivan George Durston A 414343 Gazetted DFC 1.6.45 (Date appears to be wrong) and crew were posted to 467 Sq 20.7.43, and were on their 27th op when lost.