| Squadron
Leader Richard
Fitzgerald was serving as
Flight Engineer aboard Lancaster Mk. III
ND-597 coded TL-A
during an operation to Berlin March 24/25, 1944.
The aircraft took off from Graveley at 1844hrs and was returning
to base when it was shot down by a night-fighter, killing five of
the seven crewmembers including F/O Dineen. The
crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
S/L Richard Fitzgerald (DFC) |
RAAF |
Pilot |
Namban,W.Australia |
22 |
|
F/O John Savage |
RAAF |
Navigator |
Queensland, Australia |
27 |
|
F/Lt William “Scott” Muego - POW |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Glasgow, Scotland |
29 |
|
W/O Robert Brewington |
RAAF |
Wop/AG |
Queensland, Australia |
27 |
|
F/Sgt Stanley Boulton - POW |
RAFVR |
Mid Upper Gunner |
- |
- |
|
F/Sgt Frederick Smith |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
Cobridge,Stoke-on-Trent |
30 |
Flying
Officer Cecil John Dineen RAF,
known as “Johnny” was the son of Francis
and
Isabella Dineen and husband of Mary of Bexleyheath,
Kent.
He was twenty years of age at the time of his death and is buried with his crew in the 1939-45
Berlin War cemetery. |
