| Flying Officer
John Francis Savage was serving as Navigator 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 Savage. The
crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
S/L Richard Fitzgerald (DFC) |
RAAF |
Pilot |
Namban,W.Australia |
22 |
|
F/O Cecil Dineen |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Bexleyheath,Kent |
20 |
|
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 John “Jack” Francis Savage RAAF (426690) was aged 27 and
the son of Frederick and Genevieve Savage of Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia and the husband of Mary of Miles,
Queensland.
He was born on the 26th September 1916 and enlisted
in
Brisbane,
Queensland on
the 18th of July 1942.
He is buried with his crew in the 1939-45
Berlin War cemetery. |
