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Final Mission
JB236 took off from East Kirkby at 1650 hrs on 23rd November 1943 to take part in a raid on Berlin. The aircraft crashed onto a bombing range near Fassberg. All of the crew except for F/S Mutum and F/S Crowe were killed. F/S Mutum and F/S Crowe spent the rest of the war as POWs.
F/S Mutum managed to get a message home saying that he landed by parachute, with not even a bruise and asked that his appreciation be passed on to the manufacturers responsible.
This was the first recorded loss for 630 Squadron, since it's formation from B flight 57 squadron on 15th November 1943.
JB236 (LE-O) was a Mk III Lancaster crewed by
the following:-
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Flight Lieutenant
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F.L.
PERRERS
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RNZAF
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Pilot
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Frederick Leonard Perrers
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Age: 30
Date of Death: 23/11/1943
Service No: 414672
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. H. 8.
Cemetery: HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Additional information: Son of Frederick Perrers and of Lillian Perrers (nee Teague), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Mary Gwendoline Perrers, of Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Sergeant
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C.H.
PELL
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RAF1536156
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Flight Engineer
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Charles Harry Pell
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.)
Date of Death: 23/11/1943
Service No: 1536156
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. H. 7.
Cemetery: HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
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Flight Sergeant
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J. CLAPPERTON
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RAF 162785
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Navigator
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John Clapperton
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Nav.)
Age: 28
Date of Death: 23/11/1943
Service No: 162785
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. H. 9.
Cemetery: HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Additional information: Son of James and Margaret Clapperton, of Dunblane, Perthshire.
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Flight Sergeant
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J.F. WHITE
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RAF161723
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Bomb-Aimer
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John Freebairn White
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Nav.)
Age: 27
Date of Death: 23/11/1943
Service No: 161723
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. H. 5.
Cemetery: HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Additional information: Son of David White, and of Mary White, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
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Flight Sergeant
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R.B. MUTUM
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RAF
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Wireless Operator - Air Gunner
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No details as yet
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Sergeant
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L.H. COOPER
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RAF1398968
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Mid-Upper Gunner
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Leon Harvey Cooper
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Bomber)
Age: 19
Date of Death: 23/11/1943
Service No: 1398968
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. H. 6.
Cemetery: HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Additional information: Son of Charles and Florence Clare Cooper, of Hampstead, London.
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F.C. CROWE |
RAF |
Rear Gunner |
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No details as yet
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JB236