JB236

630 Squadron

 

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:-

Pilot

Flight Lieutenant

F.L.  PERRERS

RNZAF

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.

Flight Engineer

Sergeant

C.H.  PELL

RAF 1536156

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

Navigator

Flight Sergeant

J. CLAPPERTON

RAF 162785

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.

Bomb-Aimer

Flight Sergeant

J.F. WHITE

RAF161723

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.

Wireless Operator - Air Gunner

Flight Sergeant

R.B. MUTUM

RAF

No details as yet

Mid-Upper Gunner

Sergeant

L.H. COOPER

RAF 1398968

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.

Rear Gunner

Flight Sergeant

F.C. CROWE

RAF

No details as yet

 

 

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