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Sergeant Hinrik Guttormson was serving aboard Rear
Gunner aboard Lancaster Mk.X KB858 coded SE-G on an operation to
Chemnitz on March 5/6, 1945. The aircraft departed Croft at
1635hrs but crashed in Oberweldbach, the entire crew was lost.
The crew
consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
F/O Stan Reid |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Niagara Falls, Ontario |
21 |
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Sgt William Salisbury |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
- |
- |
|
F/O John Feldhans |
RCAF |
Navigator |
Sudbury, Ontario |
21 |
|
F/O Herbert Beaton |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
- |
- |
|
W/O Colin Macdonald |
RCAF |
W/Op/AG |
Amherst, Nova Scotia |
23 |
|
Sgt Howard Harris |
RCAF |
M/U Gunner |
- |
- |
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Sgt Hinrik Guttormson |
RCAF |
Rear Gunner |
Poplar Park, Manitoba |
- |
Photos
courtesy
of Jim Watt
author of "Lost
in War" (The brave Life and Mysterious Death of a
Canadian Airman", on his first cousin, Sgt Guttormson
RCAF,the rear gunner and his crew.
He can be
reached for copies of this book at jnrwatt@rogers.com
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