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"Serial range JA672 - JB748 This aircraft was one of 550 Lancasters ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) late
in 1941 and delivered as Mk.111s from Jun43 to Dec43 with Merlin 28 engines in early production, with Merlin
28 or 38 engines in mid-production and with Merlin 38 engines only on late production. JA708 was delivered to
No.98 Sqdn Jun43. JA708 wore the ID's OF-Z/P JA70-8 took part in the following Key Operations: As OF-Z,
Hamburg 24/25Jul43; Hamburg 27/28Jul43; as OF-P, Mannheim 23/24Sep43-Lost. When lost this aircraft had
a total of 103 hours. JA708 was one of two No.97 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See ED868.
Airborne 1930 23Sep43 from Bourn. Shot down by a night-fighter from 16,000 feet. Crash-site not established.
Those killed are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery. S/L Foster was the Sqdn Navigation Leader and S/L
McKinna was the Sqdn Gunnery Leader. F/L R.A.Fletcher DFM PoW F/S J.E.Nelson PoW S/L K.J.Foster DFC
& Bar KIA F/S J.F.Beesley PoW P/O W.H.Layne PoW S/L R.A.McKinna DFC & Bar KIA F/S H.R.Page KIA
F/S J.F.Beesley was interned in Camps L6/357. PoW No.509 with F/S J.E.Nelson, PoW No.5011. P/O
W.H.Layne in Camp L6, PoW No.605. F/L R.A.Fletcher in Camp L3, PoW No.2612. DFM Gazetted 1Aug42. "