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Old 13th January 2016, 02:47
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Re: Crew Lancaster LM508

Hi and welcome
You're no doubt aware of this news item from 2014?
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Secon...ail/story.html

I therefore assume that Dutch journalist Corine Koek-Maasdam, is you?
Keogh was one of 2 crew who died, the rest survived

DUFF, THOMAS HANDLEY. Rank: Flight Sergeant. Trade: Air Bomber. Service No: 1562929. Date of Death: 22/06/1944. Age: 22.
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 101 Sqdn.
Grave Reference: Row 7. Grave 1. Cemetery: WERKENDAM PROTESTANT CEMETERY.
Additional Information: Son of John Handley Duff and Annie Campbell Duff, of Glasgow.

KEOGH, JOHN EDWARD. Rank: Sergeant. Service No: 653560. Date of Death: 22/06/1944. Age: 30.
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 101 Sqdn.
Panel Reference: Panel 232. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL.
Additional Information: Son of John Edward and Rose Keogh, of Hull.
(as the newspaper article is from February 2014, I'm rather surprised that if he "was laid to rest after being recovered from the wreckage" the CWGC have not yet updated to show his current resting place).

Pilot Officer G Hingley, (pilot) 175015 Prisoner of War on what looks to have been his 64th Operation. Broke his thigh caused by hitting a bridge on landing;
(No PoW number or camp, presumably in hospital recovering from his wounds)

Flying Officer T W Ball, navigator, 141980 PoW No 6385 at Luft 3; (shown on 101 as R W Ball 141986)

W/Op Sgt L V H Horrigan, 1577094, PoW No 223 at Luft 7;

Flight Engineer Sgt S D Rogerson 1567332, PoW No 234 at Luft 7;

Bomb Aimer Flight Sergeant T H Duff 1362929, missing, believed killed;

Mid upper gunner Sgt J Gascoigne 1584618 PoW;
(captured in Antwerp 24 July after escape line betrayed and PoW No 453 at Luft 7);

rear gunner Sgt J E Keogh 653560 believed killed;

ABC Operator Sgt F Sheard, 1591133, PoW No 237 at Luft 7.

Take off 2317 from Ludford Magna on Airborne Cigar (ABC) duties to jam and confuse German radio communications. Unfortunately this also allowed German night fighters to locate by direction finding where the signal was strongest. After dropping its bomb load of 8 x 500lb; 8 x 50lb and 2 x 500lb bombs ( a lighter load, but carrying an 8th crew member and to loiter over the target area to provide maximum jamming). On the return leg after successfully bombing the synthetic oil processing plant at Wesseling, LM 508 was attacked by a night fighter and crashed into mud flats in the Biesbosch estuary near Werkendam, before being discovered in 2014. In all some 40 odd aircraft were shot down during that raid. (Sources: Chorley, Footprints; BC War Diaries and internet Googling)

EDIT: 101 Squadron Log shows most of this crew were marched in on 1st April 1944 from 1662 HCU, therefore Ops total possibly only 14 if poor handwriting.
http://www.156squadron.com/101Sqn/di...1944&monthz=04

also see: http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/1667...ervice-record/

and it seems remains were recovered, along with a lot of LM508 see You tube link here:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showt...he-Netherlands

Last edited by Icare9; 13th January 2016 at 12:00. Reason: Update on 101 Sqdn crew info
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