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Sergeant
Charles Scurr was serving as
Flight Engineer on board Lancaster Mk. III PB569 coded HW-Y
during an operation to bomb Prosper Benzol Works at Bottrop on
February 3/4, 1945. The aircraft took off from Grimsby at
1605hrs but failed to return. Six of the seven men aboard,
including Sergeant Scurr, were killed.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/L Robin Ordell DFC |
RAAF |
Pilot |
Vaucluse,N.S.W. |
24 |
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Sgt Charles Scurr |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
County Durham |
24 |
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P/O Ian Osbourne |
RAAF |
Navigator |
Killara,N.S.W. |
20 |
|
W/O John Killen |
RAAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Tumut,N.S.W. |
24 |
|
F/Sgt Keith Reynolds |
RAAF |
W/Op/AG |
Edgecliffe,N.S.W. |
21 |
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F/Sgt Raymond McKaskill |
RAAF |
M/U Gunner |
Richmond, Victoria. |
19 |
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F/Sgt J. Harper - POW |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
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Sergeant
Charles Scurr was born in
1921 and the son of George Henry and Sarah (Rogan) of Easington Colliery, County
Durham. He had three brothers and one sister. Originally
buried at Venray on the 16th February, the crew was later re-interred
in the Mierlo War cemetery. F/Sgt
Harper was confined to hospital due to his injuries until liberation.
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