The Crew of Lancaster ME749
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The Crew of Lancaster ME749
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The crew of the Lancaster are named with their date of birth and next of kin. The aircraft was missing on the night of 3/4 May 1944.
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SMarsdenJ1591984v10024
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[underlined] Lancaster. 1. ME 749. – Missing 3/4.5.44. – Next of Kin: [/underlined]
P/O. Garnett Thomas Harrison, AUS420749 Pilot D/Birth 7.4.20. C of E. – Father. Mr. L.H. Harrison, 2, Ostrum Street, South Lismore. [inserted] SOUTH LISMORE [/inserted] N.S.W. Australia.
Sgt Jack Marsden 1591984 F/Engineer D/Birth 11.11.24. C of E. – Father. Mr. W. Marsden, 40 Fifth Street, New Crofte, Nr Wakefield, Yorks..
Sgt Eric William John Ashford 1458231 A/Bomber D/Birth. 21.10.22. C of E. – Father. Mr. W. Ashford, 18, Farren Road, Forrest Hill, London. SE23.
Sgt Ralph William Watson AUS418600 NAVigator [sic] D/Birth 12.10.22. C of E. – Father. Mr. H. Watson, Union Bank, Warrack Nabeal, Victoria, Australia.
Sgt Robert Henry Haynes. 1321909. WO/Air. D/Birth. 30.3.21. C of E. – Sister. Mrs S.R. Gething, Rosetree Cottage, Pillowell, Nr Lydney, Gloucester. Brother. Mr. A. Haynes, Woodside, Bream, Nr Lydney, Gloucester.
F/O. Geoffrey Vivian O’Brien AUS422667 MU/Gunner D/Birth. 14.7.22. Meth. – Mr. V. O’Brien, 8, Effingham Street, Mosman, N.S.W. Australia. Fiancee. Miss. Pat Little, “Conway Court”, 4, Blue Street, North Sydney, Australia.
Sgt Henry Pickford. 2209296 Rear Gunner D/Birth. 3.12.24. O.D. – Mother. Mrs. E. Pickford, 47, Shirley Avenue, Marple, Nr Stockport. Cheshire.
Effects have been collected and will be forwarded in due course through Air Ministry.
P/O. Garnett Thomas Harrison, AUS420749 Pilot D/Birth 7.4.20. C of E. – Father. Mr. L.H. Harrison, 2, Ostrum Street, South Lismore. [inserted] SOUTH LISMORE [/inserted] N.S.W. Australia.
Sgt Jack Marsden 1591984 F/Engineer D/Birth 11.11.24. C of E. – Father. Mr. W. Marsden, 40 Fifth Street, New Crofte, Nr Wakefield, Yorks..
Sgt Eric William John Ashford 1458231 A/Bomber D/Birth. 21.10.22. C of E. – Father. Mr. W. Ashford, 18, Farren Road, Forrest Hill, London. SE23.
Sgt Ralph William Watson AUS418600 NAVigator [sic] D/Birth 12.10.22. C of E. – Father. Mr. H. Watson, Union Bank, Warrack Nabeal, Victoria, Australia.
Sgt Robert Henry Haynes. 1321909. WO/Air. D/Birth. 30.3.21. C of E. – Sister. Mrs S.R. Gething, Rosetree Cottage, Pillowell, Nr Lydney, Gloucester. Brother. Mr. A. Haynes, Woodside, Bream, Nr Lydney, Gloucester.
F/O. Geoffrey Vivian O’Brien AUS422667 MU/Gunner D/Birth. 14.7.22. Meth. – Mr. V. O’Brien, 8, Effingham Street, Mosman, N.S.W. Australia. Fiancee. Miss. Pat Little, “Conway Court”, 4, Blue Street, North Sydney, Australia.
Sgt Henry Pickford. 2209296 Rear Gunner D/Birth. 3.12.24. O.D. – Mother. Mrs. E. Pickford, 47, Shirley Avenue, Marple, Nr Stockport. Cheshire.
Effects have been collected and will be forwarded in due course through Air Ministry.
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“The Crew of Lancaster ME749,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/28065.
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