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Eight air crew members of 101 Squadron were on board Avro Lancaster (#LL750) bomber when it took flight from its base at RAF Station Ludford Magna in Lincolnshire; the Lancaster was one of 323 'Lancs' and 1 Mosquito aircraft which had set out on a night operation over Friedrichshaven in Germany. A German night fighter attacked the Lancaster, shooting it down and causing it to burn and crash on a hillside near Gräppelensee (Lake Gräppelen) in the Swiss Alps; six airmen perished in the crash and two others survived (POW).
The casualties of this incident were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Oscar Jacob ALBRECHT,
RAFVR Sergeant William Gowland ANDERSON,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis Henry BATHMAKER,
RAFVR Flying Officer John Raymond BURTON,
RAF Warrant Officer Bertram Bernard NOBLE and
RAF Sergeant Maurice George SMITH.
[One of the two survivors (POW), Flying Officer Hubert Samuel PROWSE, lost his foot during the bail-out when he came too close to the damaged Lancaster's propeller. Later, in a German hospital, his entire leg had to be amputated in order to prevent the spread of gangrene. Following the war, lawyer Hubert Samuel Prowse had a successful career in Lethbridge, and in Calgary, Alberta, appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench (QC) in 1979.]
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