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Sergeant Ronald Ezra Swann -
RAFVR
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Sergeant Ronald Swann was serving as
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on board Lancaster Mk.III
LM383 coded EM-R during an operation to Braunschweig
January 14/15, 1945. The aircraft left
Spilsby at 1644hrs but failed to return, six of the seven man
crew were killed including Sgt Ronald Swann.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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P/O Patrick Kingston |
RAAF |
Pilot |
Murwillumbah,N.S.W. |
24 |
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Sgt Geoffrey Walton |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Tongham,Surrey |
21 |
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Sgt Stanley Rattray |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Dagenham, Essex |
21 |
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Sgt T.Bowskill - POW |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
- |
- |
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Sgt Ronald Swann |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Nottingham |
21 |
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Sgt John Morrish |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Fishponds, Bristol |
19 |
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Sgt Gordon Ferguson |
RCAF |
Air Gunner |
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Ronald
Swann and Crew |
Sergeant Ronald Ezra
Swann RAFVR was born in 1923 and was the son of Ezra and Ada
Swann of Eastwood, Nottingham. Ronald and the five other crew
members who died are buried in the War Cemetery at Hanover.
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Grave
site at Hanover. |
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Photos courtesy of
Jane Edwards, research by Linda Ibrom |
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