D'Besatzung

Crew of the Lancaster bomber 564 HK AA-P

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.

Route of the Lancaster Bombers