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| The crew L to
R:
F/O B. Warr, P/O R. Thompson,
F/O M. Stiles, F/S W.H. Boyer, P/O P.
Melnechuck, P/O J. Lees.
Missing
- Sgt M. Bush |
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Pilot Officer John Lees was piloting
Halifax Mk.BIII MZ908 coded WL-O during
an operation to bomb the coastal guns at Domberg on
September 19, 1944. The
aircraft was
returning to base when it lost a propeller on the starboard outer
engine. P/O Lees ordered the crew to bale out and attempted to land the
aircraft at RAF Millfield. The aircraft crashed 12 miles short of the
airfield in Berwick-upon-Tweed, P/O John Lees was killed in the crash.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
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P/O John Lees |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Prince Rupert, B.C |
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Sgt M. Bush |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
- |
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P/O R. Thompson |
RCAF |
Navigator |
- |
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F/O B. Warr |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
- |
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F/O M. Stiles |
RCAF |
W/Op/AG |
- |
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P/O P. Melneczuk |
RCAF |
M/U Gunner |
- |
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F/Sgt W. Bowyer |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
- |
P/O John Lees was from Prince
Rupert, British Columbia and 20 years of age at the time of his death,
he is buried at Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery.
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Photo
courtesy of The Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, Yorkshire. |