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NAME	POSITION	AIR-FORCE	COMMENTS
S/L Lock.H.B. DSO DFC	Pilot	RAAF	Posted to 467 5.5.43. Posted to 463 25.11.43.
Sgt Holt.W.G. DFM	Engineer	RAF
Sgt Stewart.J.A.	Engineer	RAF	23/24.8.43
F/S Long.A.	Engineer	?	22/23.8.43
Sgt Rosen.A.	Engineer	RAF	22/23.11.43
F/S Townsend.F.F	Bomb Aimer	RAF
Sgt Brown.A.C.F	Bomb Aimer	RAF	16/17.7.43
Sgt Hassal.H.	Navigator	RAF
F/O Norris.	Navigator	RAF	25/26.6.43
Sgt Butler.L. DFM	Wireless Operator	RAF
Sgt Miller.W.S	Wireless Operator	RAF	22/23.11.43
Sgt Champ.F.J.	Gunner MU	RAF
Sgt Croll.A.J.A	Gunner MU	?	22/23.6.43
F/S Simbert.R.	Gunner MU	RAAF	23/24.8.43
F/O Proctor.D.W.A.	Gunner MU	RAAF	4/5.10.43
F/S Munro.T.	Gunner Tail	RAF

DATE	TARGET FOR TONIGHT	AIRCRAFT	COMMENTS
23/24.5.43	Dortmund	ED547 PO.M
25/26.5.43	Dusseldorf	ED547 PO.M
27/28.5.43	Essen	ED547 PO.M
29/30.5.43	Wuppertal	ED547 PO.M
21/22.6.44	Krefeld	ED530
22/23.6.43	Mulheim	ED530
24/25.6.43	Wuppertal	ED530
25/26.6.43	Gelsenkirchen	ED530
28/29.6.43	Cologne	ED534 PO.R
3/4.7.43	Cologne	ED534 PO.R
8/9.7.43	Cologne	ED534 PO.R
9/10.7.43	Gelsenkirchen	ED534 PO.R
12/13.7.43	Turin	ED539 PO.V
16/17.7.43	Cislago	ED538 PO.O	Crash landing
7/8.8.43	Genoa.	ED530
9/10.8.43	Mannheim	ED546 PO.W
12/13.8.43	Milan	LM340
17/18.8.43	Peenemunde	LM340
22/23.8.43	Leverkusen	ED546 PO.W
23/24.8.43	Berlin	ED546 PO.W
22/23.9.43	Hanover	ED657 PO.N
27/28.9.43	Hanover	ED657 PO.N
2/3.10.43	Munich	R5868 PO.S
4/5.10.43	Frankfurt	ED657 PO.N	Attacked by fighter.
22/23.11 .43	Berlin	JA902
A401980 Harry Barber Lock DSO DFC posted to 467 Sq 5.5.43. The crew were outstanding.
16/17.7.43. On the op to Cislago their A/C was damaged and they flew on to North Africa, and out of petrol made a forced crash landing.
4/5.10.43. Attacking Frankfurt they were attacked by a fighter which set the incendiary load on fire, they had to jettison the load and return to base. Sgt Holt the P/B and Sgt Butler the Wop were wounded and carried on in great pain till base was reached. After the Frankfurt raid, we had no flaps or brakes and the airframe was badly damaged and were diverted to Wittering that had a very long runway 3 miles long, we went the full length of the runway and bogged down in the soft ground beyond the far perimeter. Myself and the flight/eng were taken off to hospital with leg wounds, six weeks later we return to 463 Sqd. having been transferred from 467 Sqd along with rest of my crew as the skipper had been made Flight Commander of `A` Flight 463 Sqd. This text by Louis Butler DFM, in an email to the webmaster.
The crew were posted to 463 Sq on formation 25.11.43. Harry Lock was "A" Flight Commander.