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31 May - 1 June 1944 Lancaster Mk I - LL936 KO-V |
Crashed in the general vicinity of Dreux (E of Nogent-le-Roi.)
Source: 115 Squadron Roll of Honour by D. Bruce, W. R. Chorley, J. G. J. de Haan.
219 aircraft - 125 Lancasters, 86 Halifaxes, 8 Mosquitos - of all groups except No 5 Group
successfully attacked the railway yards at Trappes to the west of Paris in 2 waves.
4 Lancasters were lost.
Source: nationalarchives.gov.uk - Bomber Command - Campaign Diary April 1944.
ORB 31st May, 1944.
22 aircraft were detailed to attack TRAPPES WEST but 3 of them failed to take off.
The remainder took off between 23.51 hours & 00.11 hours.
1 failed to return from Operations - no news being received (A/C. V.LL.936 - captain F/S. McLACHLAN, A.)
4 aircraft were forced top abandon the sortie due to
bad weather conditions A/C. J.HK.557 (Captain F/S. GARSIDE, S.)
A/C. J.ME.756 (Captain F/S. THORNTON J.) 10/10 storm cloud,
severe icing & lightening A/C. G.ME.692 (Captain P/O. S. W. HOLDER),
and port inner engine being unserviceable A/C. A.ND.758 (Captain F/L. W. D. MARTIN),
and all returned to Base early after jettisoning their bombs.
The remainder identified the target visually by marshalling yards & by means of indicator markers.
Some bombed the white or yellow markers as instructed by the Master of Ceremonies & other bombed
visually the marshalling yards, from heights ranging between 8,000 and 10,000 feet.
Bomb bursts across the yards were well concentrated & many fires were in evidence. Photographs were attempted.
05.04. 18 aircraft had returned safely to Base.
Wing from LL936 photo Forced landing
McLachlan Alastair McRae - Pilot
F/S - Service No 422299
Age: 23
RNZAF
Son of Matthew McLachlan, and of Mary McLachlan,
of Auckland City, New Zealand.
Dreux Communal Cemetery,
Departement Eure-et-Loir, France - row 1 joint grave 1.7.
Source: CWGC - photo Auckland War Memorial Museum - inmemories - Find a Grave.
Graham James - FE
Sgt - Service No 1825076
Age:
RAFVR
Son of
Dreux Communal Cemetery,
Departement Eure-et-Loir, France - row 1 grave 1.8.
Source: CWGC - Photo: Thanks to Graham Jim - forcedlanding - Find a Grave.
Partridge Alexander George - Nav
F/S - Service No 427719
Age: 20
RNZAF
Son of Frederick Walter Partridge, and of Margaret Hyslop Partridge,
of Wellington City, New Zealand.
Dreux Communal Cemetery,
Departement Eure-et-Loir, France - row 1 joint grave 1.7.
Source: CWGC - photo Auckland War Memorial Museum - inmemories - Find a Grave.
Crumpler George Edward - WOP
Sgt - Service No 1464302
Age: 23
RAFVR
Son of Albert George and Beatrice Alice Crumpler.
Husband of Betty Winifred Crumpler, of St. Marylebone, London.
Dreux Communal Cemetery,
Departement Eure-et-Loir, France - row 1 grave 1.10.
Hamilton Paul Jameson - BA
F/S - Service No 1335338
Age:
RAFVR
Son of
Dreux Communal Cemetery,
Departement Eure-et-Loir, France - row 1 grave 1.9.
Source: CWGC - forcedlanding - Find a Grave.
Sorensen Neville Lloyd - MUG
F/S - Service No 413678
Age: 21
RAAF
Son of Paul Edwin and Anna Ernestena Sorensen,
of Leura, New South Wales, Australia.
Dreux Communal Cemetery,
Departement Eure-et-Loir, France - row 1 grave 1.11.
Source: CWGC - The Cutting - Find a Grave.
O'Brien Brian - RG
F/S - Service No 426142
Age: 22 - °03 August 1921
RNZAF
Son of Denis H. O'Brien and of Margaret Casey,
of Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand.
Dreux Communal Cemetery,
Departement Eure-et-Loir, France - row 1 grave 1.12.
Source: CWGC - photo New Zealand War Graves Project - inmemories.com - Find a Grave.