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1206643 Sergeant George Leslie "Les" Banks Royal Air Force 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron from:Northenden (d.27th Jan 1943) The Crew of N3721 were as follows:- Pilot Officer A.E.Gough age 20 Pilot and Captain Pilot Officer K.A. Taylor age 23 2nd Pilot 1st Trip Pilot Officer G C Layley age 23 Navigator Sergeant N W Whithead age 20 Bomb-Aimer Sergeant G L Banks age 31 Wirless Operator Sergeant L C Ehrhart 22 Mid-Upper Gunner Sergeant E J Forward age 24 Flight Engineer Sergeant W E Jackson 22 Rear Gunner( Later Warrant Officer) Survivor Their last flight, No 19, was mine-laying in the Baltic. On their return journey they crashed into the forest near the village of Grassborn at Dassel. They were not in their usual aircraft N3721 'P' for Peter as it was being repaired. They were in N6077. The crew are all buried at Limmer Military Cemetry Hannover. Bill Jackson was the only survivor and he ended up in a POW Camp. He wrote a book called Three Stripes and Four Brownings which details all their Missions. G C Layley's brother was killed 12 months later and is also buried jut behind him in Hanover. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.