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Sergeant
John Harold Dyer
was serving as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on board
Lancaster
Mk.III
JB645
coded
ZN-F
on
January
1/2,
1944
when it
left
its
base at Metherington at 0005 hours for an
operation
to Berlin.
This Lancaster failed to return,
the entire crew was lost.
All
of
the crew rest in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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P/O Edwin Holbourn |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Worthing, Sussex |
27 |
|
Sgt Herbert Walmsley |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Morecambe, Lancs. |
21 |
|
Sgt Edward Burton |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Folkestone, Kent |
20 |
|
Sgt Thomas Powell |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Woodside, Surrey |
21 |
|
Sgt John Dyer |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Stathern, Leicestershire |
21 |
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Sgt Thomas Mallett |
RAFVR |
M/U Gunner |
Sunderland, Co.Durham |
20 |
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F/Sgt Stanley Mattick, DFM |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
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Sergeant
John Harold Dyer, was the son of Harold and Nellie Dyer and
brother of Maurice Dyer of Stathern, Melton Mowbray,
Leicestershire.
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