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April 3rd 1945

Lancaster I PA190 UM-G2 of 626 Sq.

Crashed: Presumed lost off the Dutch coast

Crew:

- F/O Leslie Keith DRIVER (Pilot RNZAF) age 22. MIA
Son of Leslie Charles and Louisa Driver, of Palmerston North, New Zealand.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 284.

- Sgt Alastair Wingate SCOTT (F/Eng. RAF) age 22. MIA
Son of Alexander Martin Scott and Jane Gertrude Wingate Scott, of Dumbarton.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 276.

- WO2 Edward John O'ROURKE (Obs. RCAF) age 30. MIA
Son of Thomas and Obena O'Rourke, of St. Eustache sur le Lac, Province of Quebec, Canada.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 281.

- F/O Joseph Gordon HALLOWELL (Air Bomber RAF) age 21. MIA
Son of Thomas and Elspeth May Hallowell, of Widnes, Lancashire.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 267.

- Sgt Gordon Walter Edmund KEEBLE (Wop/AG RAF VR), age 21. KIA
Son of Dick and Stella Elizabeth Keeble, of Beccles, Suffolk.
Washed ashore near Hellevoetsluis on June 16th 1945.
Buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery.

- F/Sgt John Leo COOKE (AG RCAF) ,age 19. MIA
Son of James Joseph and Mary Frances Cooke, of Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 281.

- F/Sgt Lester COCKERHAM (AG RAF),age 20. MIA
Son of John Charles and Maria Jane Cockerham, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 281.

Target: Nordhausen
Homebase: Wickenby
Taken off: 13.15 hrs (GMT)


Details supplied by Jan Weda