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Final Mission
On 8th February 1945 ND554 took off from East Kirkby as part of the first phase of an attack on an oil plant in Politz. The aircraft was lost without trace. All crew are commeroated on the Runnymede memorial.
ND554 (LE-A) was a Mk III Lancaster crewed by
the following:-
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Flying Officer
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R. B. KNIGHT
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RNZAF
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Pilot
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Robert Baines Knight
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Flying Officer
Age: 25
Date of Death: 09/02/1945
Service No: 422292
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional information: Son of Harry Knight and of Elizabeth Knight (nee Thomson), of Waiuku, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Sergeant
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A.R. NEWBY
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RAF
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Flight Engineer
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Arthur Ronald Newby
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 28
Date of Death: 09/02/1945
Service No: 1591945
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional information: Son of Arthur and Alice Newby; husband of Frances Newby, of Cottingham, Yorkshire.
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Flight Sergeant
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J. MONTAGUE
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RAF
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Navigator
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James Montague
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Age: 27
Date of Death: 09/02/1945
Service No: 1051821
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional information: Son of Denis and Alice Montague; husband of Brigid T. Montague, of Swatragh, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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Sergeant
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N. E. A. SHARPE
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RAF
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Bomb-Aimer
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Norman Eric Armour Sharpe
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Age: 29
Date of Death: 09/02/1945
Service No: 917319
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional information: Son of James T. and Amy Sharpe; husband of Olive Sharpe, of Purley, Surrey.
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Flight Sergeant
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J. LAMONT
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RNZAF
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Wireless Operator - Air Gunner
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John Lamont
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Age: 28
Date of Death: 09/02/1945
Service No: 427518
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Additional information: Son of Elizabeth Lamont, of Royal Oak, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Sergeant
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L. YOUNG
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RCAF
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Mid-Upper Gunner
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Leon Young
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 20
Date of Death: 09/02/1945
Service No: 1591823
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional information: Son of Harry Man Young and Mabel Alice Young, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.
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S. L. CAMERON |
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Rear Gunner |
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Stanley Laideler Cameron
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 19
Date of Death: 09/02/1945
Service No: 3031383
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional information: Foster-son of Mrs. A. C. Collins, of Maidstone, Kent.
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There is some confusion over her identity number, some tomes refer to her as LE-C, however I have gone with the records from "Bomber Command Losses" and also "Avro Lancaster The definitive record" by Harry Holmes, both volumes list her as LE-A.
If anyone has any further details on this aircraft or the crew, please contact me. |
ND554