Auf "Lost Bombers - A database of bombers lost during Wold War II" finden wir folgenden Eintrag bezüglich eines am 3. Dezember 1943 bei Bernau abgestürzten Lancaster-Bombers der Royal Air Force:

Lancaster JB478 Information
Type: Lancaster
Serial Number:   JB478
Squadron: 12
X1D: PH-C
Operation: Berlin
Date 1 / 2: 2nd / 3rd December 1943
Further Information
Serial Range JA672 - JB748 This aircraft was one of a batch of 550 Lancasters ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) in late 1941 and delivered as Mk.111 from June to December 1943 with Merlin 28 engines initially installed in early production, with Merlin 28 or 38 engines in mid-production, and with Merlin 38 engines only on late production. JB748 was delivered to 12 Squadron 01Dec43.
JB478 took part in the following Key Operations: Berlin 18/19Nov43; Berlin 22/23Nov43; Berlin 26/27Nov43.

Airborne from Wickenby 1655hrs 02Dec43.
Crashed near Bernau, where all were buried 9Dec43. They have been subsequently re-interred in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.

  • W/O L.Lawrence KIA
  • Sgt R.S.Ward KIA
  • Sgt S.O.J.Boxshall KIA
  • Sgt J.L.Selkirk KIA
  • Sgt H.Johnson KIA
  • Sgt G.H.Reveley KIA
  • Sgt E.W.Pritchard KIA
    • Quelle: Lost Bombers (www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=542)
    Bild: Avro Lancaster Bomber (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancaster), Bild-Quelle: wikipedia.org

    Die Gräber der JB478-Besatzung auf dem Friedhof an der Heerstraße in Charlottenburg.

    Die Datenbank der "Commonwealth War Grave Commission" liefert für die Bomber-Besatzung folgende Angaben:

  • Name:
    		•  LAWRENCE, LEONARD
  • Nationality:
    		•  United Kingdom
  • Rank:
    		•  Warrant Officer (Pilot)
  • Regiment:
    		•  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
    		•  12 Sqdn.
  • Age:
    		•  28
  • Date of Death:
    		•  02/12/1943
  • Service No.:
    		•  1376010
  • Add'l Information:
    		• Son of George and Emily Lawrence; husband of Margaret Lawrence, of Greenford, Middlesex.
  • Casualty:
    		•  Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
    		•  5. J. 30.
  • Cemetery:
    		•  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2201861
  • Name:
    		•  WARD, ROBERT SUGDEN
  • Nationality:
    		•  United Kingdom
  • Rank:
    		•  Sergeant (Flt. Engr.)
  • Regiment:
    		•  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
    		•  12 Sqdn.
  • Date of Death:
    		•  02/12/1943
  • Service No.:
    		•  1622666/td>
  • Casualty:
    		•  Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
    		•  5. J. 31.
  • Cemetery:
    		•  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2761349
  • Name:
    		•  BOXSHALL, STUART OSMOND JOSEPH
  • Nationality:
    		•  United Kingdom
  • Rank:
    		•  Sergeant (Nav.)
  • Regiment:
    		•  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
    		•  12 Sqdn.
  • Age:
    		•  20
  • Date of Death:
    		•  02/12/1943
  • Service No.:
    		•  1601807
  • Add'l Information:
    		• Son of Osmond William Boxshall, and of Doris Ivy Boxshall, of Margate.
  • Casualty:
    		•  Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
    		•  5. J. 34.
  • Memorial:
    		•  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1084706
  • Name:
    		•  SELKIRK, JAMES LYNCH
  • Nationality:
    		•  United Kingdom
  • Rank:
    		•  Sergeant (Air Bomber)
  • Regiment:
    		•  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
    		•  12 Sqdn.
  • Age:
    		•  28
  • Date of Death:
    		•  02/12/1943
  • Service No.:
    		•  1513331
  • Add'l Information:
    		• Son of John and Margaret Selkirk, of Wardley, Gateshead, Co. Durham.
  • Casualty:
    		•  Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
    		•  5. J. 32.
  • Memorial:
    		•  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2760932
  • Name:
    		•  JOHNSON, HARRY
  • Nationality:
    		•  United Kingdom
  • Rank:
    		•  Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
  • Regiment:
    		•  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
    		•  12 Sqdn.
  • Age:
    		•  20
  • Date of Death:
    		•  02/12/1943
  • Service No.:
    		•  1235558
  • Add'l Information:
    		• Son of Harold and Rhoda Johnson, of Rochdale, Lancashire.
  • Casualty:
    		•  Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
    		•  5. J. 33.
  • Memorial:
    		•  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2201717
  • Name:
    		•  REVELEY, GEORGE HENRY
  • Nationality:
    		•  United Kingdom
  • Rank:
    		•  Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
  • Regiment:
    		•  Royal Air Force
  • Unit:
    		•  12 Sqdn.
  • Age:
    		•  23
  • Date of Death:
    		•  02/12/1943
  • Service No.:
    		•  637292
  • Add'l Information:
    		• Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Reveley, of Scarrington, Nottinghamshire.
  • Casualty:
    		•  Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
    		•  5. J. 35.
  • Memorial:
    		•  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2760782
  • Name:
    		•  PRITCHARD, EDWIN WALTER
  • Nationality:
    		•  United Kingdom
  • Rank:
    		•  Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
  • Regiment:
    		•  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
    		•  12 Sqdn.
  • Age:
    		•  23
  • Date of Death:
    		•  02/12/1943
  • Service No.:
    		•  1261039
  • Add'l Information:
    		• Nephew and adopted son of Mrs. A. W. Rundle, Barry, Glamorgan.
  • Casualty:
    		•  Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
    		•  5. J. 29.
  • Memorial:
    		•  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2760782