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Sergeant Victor Trayler - RAFVR |
| Sergeant Victor
Trayler was serving as Mid Upper Gunner on board Lancaster Mk. III DV-190
coded UM-B2 during an operation to Duisberg on January 1/2, 1944.
The aircraft took off from Wickenby shortly at 0016 but crashed at
Gardelegen killing all but one of the crew.
The other crewmembers were:
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Name |
Trade |
Service |
Age |
Hometown |
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Sgt Ernest Berry |
Pilot |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
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Sgt Eric Atkinson |
Flight Engineer |
RAFVR |
19 |
Mirfield,Yorkshire |
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Sgt J.B.Edwards - POW |
Navigator |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
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Sgt Ronald Doull |
Bomb Aimer |
RAFVR |
22 |
Ilford,Essex |
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Sgt Stanley Henderson |
Wireless Operator |
RAFVR |
23 |
Consett,County Durham |
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Sgt John Waters |
Rear Gunner |
RAFVR |
- |
Ireland |
All of the crew are
buried on the 1939-45 Berlin War
Cemetery.
Sergeant Victor Trayler joined the
RAF at age 18, he was the son of William and Gwendoline Trayler
and husband of Olive of Newport, Monmouthshire. Olive and Victor's
son, Michael Victor was to be born on 13th February 1944, just
over a month after Victor and his crew were shot down.
Victor was good friends with rear
gunner John "Paddy" Waters as well as with the other
members of the crew, Sgt "Chic" Henderson was a
brilliant cartoonist and used to pass the time by drawing cartoons
of the crew's time together.
Cartoons of the Crew by Sgt "Chic" Henderson Cartoons of the Crew by Sgt "Chic" Henderson Cartoons of the Crew by Sgt "Chic" Henderson Cartoons of the Crew by Sgt "Chic" Henderson Cartoons of the Crew by Sgt "Chic" Henderson Cartoons of the Crew by Sgt "Chic" Henderson
Cartoons of the Crew by Sgt "Chic" Henderson
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Photos courtesy of
Mrs Olive Perry, research by Linda Ibrom.
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