Lancaster R5512

20 DECEMBER 1942 , Lancaster R5512 , 97 Squadron Royal Air Force, 🇳🇱 De luchtaanval van 20 december 1942 was gericht op de stad Duisburg. Van de 232 toestellen waren er 111 van het type Lancaster, een viermotorige zware bommenwerper met een bemanning van zeven koppen. Een van de twaalf neergeschoten vliegtuigen was de Lancaster R5512 met de registratie OF-C van 97 Squadron van de Royal Air Force. Drie bemanningsleden werden de volgende dag geborgen en begraven op De Nieuwe Ooster in Amsterdam., Pas in 1962 bij de aanleg van de IJ-tunnel werden de vier andere bemanningsleden op deze plek in het Volewijkspark gevonden en de Lancaster geruimd. Zij hebben hier op deze plek 20 jaar vermist voor de nabestaanden in de grond gelegen en werden in 1962 begraven op de Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek bij Nijmegen., 🇬🇧 The air raid of 20 December 1942 targeted the city of Duisburg. Of the 232 aircraft that took part, 111 were of the Lancaster type, a four-engine heavy bomber with a crew of seven. One of the twelve aircraft shot down that night was Lancaster R5512, with registration OF-C of 97 Squadron Royal Air Force. The bodies of three crew members were recovered the following day and were buried at De Nieuwe Ooster cemetery in Amsterdam., It was not until 1962, when the U-tunnel was being built, that the remains of the four other crew members were recovered on this spot in the Volewijkspark, when what was left of the Lancaster was finally cleared. They had been for the next of kin, missing, but were in the ground here for 20 years. They were finally buried in 1962 at the Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek near Nijmegen., De Bemanning The Crew, P/O W.N. Eales Pilot , Sgt J. Donald Flight Engineer , Sgt S.V. Deed Navigator , F/Sgt A. Mortimer Wireless Operator , F/O M.A. Harper Bomb Aimer , Sgt R.H. Bambury Air Gunner , Sgt G. Henderson Rear Gunner ,