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Flt.Sgt. Douglas Bates
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 463 Sqdn.
from:Middlesborough
(d.1945-03-03)
Flt/Sgt Bates' Lancaster was shot down on 3/4th March 1945 whilst on a mission over the Dortmund Ems Canal. Two of the crew survived: Sgt J M H Millar, RAF and Flt.Sgt Eugene Foreman, RAAF. If anyone has information about these men, other air crew or ground crew, please contact me.
Other members of the crew were Sgt Charles Billard, RAF (my relative); F/Lt Francis Howells, RAAF; Flt Sgt Philip T Barlow, RAF; Flt Sgt Osric Elliott, RAAF. They flew from RAF Waddington, 463 Squadron.