| Sergeant Sydney James was
serving as Flight Engineer on board Lancaster Mk.III
PB 636 coded
P4-D during an operation to
Duisberg on January 22/23, 1945. The aircraft left Scampton at 1645hrs but failed
to return. The entire crew was lost.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
F/L Alan Jones |
RAF |
Pilot |
Stoke Newington,London |
26 |
|
Sgt Sydney James |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Wimbledon, Surrey |
39 |
|
F/Sgt Jack McDonell |
RAAF |
Navigator |
Ormond,Victoria,Australia |
20 |
|
F/Sgt Charles Cullen |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Lincoln |
24 |
|
W/O John Bateup |
RAAF |
W/Op/AG |
Gunning,NSW |
22 |
|
Sgt Reuben Trafford |
RAFVR |
M/U Gunner |
Scunthorpe,Lincs |
20 |
|
Sgt Albert Simpson |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
Preston,Lancs. |
24 |
Sergeant Sydney Strettle James RAFVR was the son of Sydney
Boyd and Emily Florence James , husband of Ethel Beatrice
James and father of Derek of Wimbledon, Surrey. He first
worked as a diamond mounter before changing to become a shop
keeper in the mid nineteen thirties ,later working at Vickers
Armstrong. He served with the Auxiliary Fire Service during
the London Blitz before enlisting in about 1942 and becoming
aircrew in 1943.
All of the crew are remembered on the Runnymede memorial,
Warrant Officer Bateup is also remembered on the Roll of
Honour for Gunning, N.S.W. |
