1944-08-30

Lancaster Mk I - Serial # HK594

75 Squadron, New Zealand


Color profile by Torstein Landström

  • F/Sgt Douglas King, Pilot
  • Sgt John Patrick Callan, Flight Engineer
  • F/Sgt Walter Watson, Navigator
  • Sgt Charles Burton Hill, Wireless Operator
  • F/Sgt John Fitzgerald, Bomb Aimer
  • Sgt Derrick Leonard Moon, Mid-Upper Gunner
  • Sgt Herbert Causley, Rear Gunner

 

The Crew


Pilot: F/Sgt Douglas King RAFVR from Kingston, Kent, England

Flight Engineer: Sgt John Patrick Callan RAFVR from Gateshead, Durham, England

Bomb Aimer: F/Sgt John Fitzgerald NZAF from Port Chalmers,Otago, Nya Zeeland

Wireless Operator: Sgt Charles Burton Hill RAFVR from Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife, Skottland

Navigator: F/Sgt Walter Watson NZAF from Dunedin, Otago, Nya Zeeland

Mid-Upper Gunner: Sgt Derrick Leonard Moon RAFVR from Wandsworth, London, England

Rear gunner: Sgt Herbert Causley RAFVR from Hele, Torquay, Devon, England
   

The Germans

Photo Denmark spring 1945
Fr.v. Ogfr Meisolle (1:e mechanic), Ofw H.G. Schierholz (wo), Maj W. Husemann (pilot), Fw W. Möller (gunner) samt Fw H. Fehmann (2:nd wo)

The crash

Private photos via The Local Museum Svensköp.

The monument

The memorial

Today

From left: Nicklas Östergren, Bengt Hermansson, Bo Knarrström and Bo Widfeldt. Photo FLC.

Photo FLC.

Photo FLC.

Parts of the plane which is now a part of the FLC:s collection. Photo © Nicklas Östergren.