Hello,
Something else to consider. Whether there is any connection with the plaque, is anyone's guess:
30/31 March 1944
No.514 Sqn, Waterbeach
Lancaster II LL696:JI-A
Op: NUREMBERG.
T/o 2226 Waterbeach. Believed shot down while on the final leg, by a Ju 88 flown by Fw Emil Nonnemacher, III./NJG2 and crashed near Memmelstedt, 4 km NE from the centre of Bamberg.* Sgt Mackenzie lies in Durnbach War Cemetery.
125519 F/O (Pilot) P J K HOOD - POW - Camp L1 - POW No.4101
1430658 Sgt (Flt. Eng.) H H WICKSON - POW - Camps L6/357 - POW No.3494, may be 3496
1397083 F/Sgt (Nav.) H J COSGROVE - POW - Camps L6/357 - POW No.3493
131993 F/O (Bomb Aimer) R J S WILTON - POW - Camp L1 - POW No.?
1379466 F/Sgt (Air Gnr.) V J ROLLINGS - POW - Camps L6/357 - POW No.3495
2201271 Sgt (MUG) C D F MACKENZIE +
10601612 Tech. Sgt. (Rear Gnr.) Maurice George LANTHIER USAAF -POW - Camp 17B/Barrack No.30B - Branau Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria 48-15 **
See: BCL5/156
*Claim by Fw Nonnebacher , now disputed:
LL696, JI-A 'Bomber Command Losses 1944 (WR Chorley) states 'Believed shot down while on final leg to target by Ju88 of Fw Emil Nonnemacher, III./NJG2, crashing near Memmelsdorf, which is 6.5 km NE of Bamberg. According to 'Nachtjagd War Diaries' (Dr. Theo Boiten) Fw Nonnemacher, who was actually with 9./NJG2, made no verified claim in that area; however, Lt Achim Woeste, Stab III/NJG3 was credited with an unidentified 4-engined bomber in the Schesslitz area 10 km NE of Bamberg at a time consistent with 514 Sqn aircraft being in the area. It therefore (is) more likely that LL696 was shot down by Lt Woeste.
See:
Striking Through The Clouds The War Diary of 514 Squadron RAF
Hepworth,Simon & Andrew Porrelli.
N.P.:Mention The War Publications, 2014.
pp.138-9.
**
http://stalag17b.com/Docs/Stalag17bc...atermarked.pdf - (see: p.36 of 69 pdf)
Col.