De Fliijier mat der Nummer HK 564 AA-P dee bei Oureneraaf geschoss jiän ass, wor van der 75. Staffel an ass um Fluschplatz van Mepal an England fortgeflujien.
Devise:
“ake ake kia kaha“ (Maori)
(“Fir ëmmer an iwwig starik bläiwen”)
D'Besatzung hat sech zusaamegesatt aus:
P/O | MULCAHY | Cyril Desmond | Pilot Oberleutnant | Neiseeland |
S | PARKER | Robert Ronald S. | Navigator Sergeant | England |
F/O | HAZARD | Whelan Fallon | Funker Oberleutnant | Neiseeland |
F/S | THOMSON | Edward Leonard | Bordmechaniker Oberfeldwebel | Neiseeland |
P/O | ELVIN | William | Bombadier Leutnant | Neiseeland |
F/S | JOHNSTON | Haig Douglas | MG-Schütz Oberfeldwebel | Neiseeland |
F/S | WRIGHT | John Herbert | MG-Schütz Oberfeldwebel | Neiseeland |
The Lancaster mat der Nummer ME 596 QR-H, dee well um Réckflusch va Rüsselsheim an Däitschland wor ,ass mueies geent 1 auer no bei Wampich eraafgeschoss jiän.
E wor van der 61. Staffel an ass um Fluschplatz van Skellinthorpe an England gestart.
Devise:
“per purum tonantes “
(“Wi den Donner durich di frësch Loft”)
D'Besatzung hat sech zusaamegesatt aus:
F/O | TAYLOR | Gerald Mclaughin | Pilot Oberleutnant | Canada |
F/S | BURNSIDE | John Kean | Navigator Oberfeldwebel | England |
P/O | NEWIN | Arthur Francis | Funker Leutnant | Canada |
F/O | MEEK | J. | Bordmechaniker Oberleutnant | Canada |
S | ADAIR | Stanley | bombardier | England |
S | GOULDING | Wiliam | gunner sergeant | England |
P/O | SCRIMSHAW | Christopher | gunner lieutenant | England |
A member of the crew of the plane plane ME 596 QR-H, which was shot down near Weiswampach, survived the crash and became prisoner of war. Flight Officer J. Meek, aircraft mechanic, succeeded in parachuting and was found after that near Lieler (Luxembourg) by Germans, where he ended in captivity. The exact facts of his arrest can't more clearly be determined 60 years later.