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210172 Sgt. Robert Gordon "Andy" Anderson Royal Air Force 101 Sqd. My late father was Sergeant (later Warrant Officer) Robert G Anderson, RAF 646029> who was the Flight Engineer on DV265 SR-F & was on his 10th operational sortie with 101 Squadron. Flight Sergeant Anthony Henry EVANS: AGE 20 was fatally wounded during the attack on the a/c & my father took control of the a/c & tried to return it to base. Subsequent attacks rendered this impossible & the surviving crew bailed out of the stricken a/c. You may not have connected with the fact that similar events took place that night over Berlin (I am unsure if Berlin or Dusseldorf was the diversionary raid), where Bill Reid succeeded in returning his damaged Lancaster to base & was awarded the Victoria Cross. All that my Father received was burns to his left arm before/during bail-out. (In November 1945 he was finally awarded his Caterpillar Club membership & pin badge). His lost crew mates were:- Sergeant George Edwin BOUCHER: AGE 23 Sergeant Arthur FOGG: AGE 23 Sergeant Favel TOMACHEPOLSKY: AGE UNKNOWN Sergeant Cyril Terence WHELDON: AGE UNKNOWN. From my late Mother's recollections, Arthur Fogg's widow later married Arthur's Brother. Favel's Father was a Jeweller in Hatton Garden. I was named in honour of my father's pilot. My father spent some time at Stalag Luft III, where he got to know some of the 50. He rarely spoke of those days. He later was moved to Offlag IVB, from where he was repatriated after the Russians liberated the camp. I can confirm his P.O.W. number (261411) as I still have his last camp Dogtags which he had with him when he returned. Interestingly these are stamped Stalag IVB. The lost crew of LM365 SR-H were:- Sergeant Stanley BEEDLE: AGE 23 Flight Sergeant James Maurice CUMMINGS: AGE 20 Sergeant James Henry HARPER: AGE 21 Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Frank Stuart MAUNDERS: AGE 27 Sergeant Jack PARSONS: AGE 19 Sergeant Christopher Joseph POULTON: AGE 35 Sergeant Norman John SHAKESPEARE: AGE UNKNOWN Sergeant Eric George WALL: AGE 23 My parents are no longer able to honour the memory of my Father's lost comrades, but I do not forget. 101 Squadron mounted a maximum effort that night with 26 aircraft sent out. SR-Z aborted & returned to base at 0130 hours because the Gyro went U/S. Tony Anderson DV265 was one of 200 lancasters ordered from Metro-vick in 1941 and was transported to Woodford for final assembly and flight testing. DV265 was a Mk.111 and was delivered to No.101 Sqdn with her sister-ship DV266 on 2Oct43. DV265 also took part in the Key Operation against Hannover 18/19Oct43. When lost this aircraft was on its second operation and had a total of 38 hours. DV265 was one of two No.101 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. (See also LM365) Airborne 1713 3Nov43 from Ludford Magna. Set on fire in the central fuselage area by cannon-fire from a night-fighter over the target. All intercom contact with the crew positions aft of the Nav. compartment was lost & Sgt Evans ordered his crew to bale out. Out of control, the Lancaster plunged, in flames into the NE suburbs of Dusseldorf, where those who were killed were buried in the Nordfriedhof. They have been subsequently re-interred in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Sgt Tomachepolsky was flying as the ABC operator. Sgt A.H.Evans KIA Sgt R.Anderson PoW Sgt R.G.Phillips PoW Sgt A.Longstaff PoW Sgt A.Fogg KIA Sgt F.Tomachepolsky KIA Sgt C.T.Wheldon KIA Sgt G.E.Boucher KIA Sgt R.Anderson was interned in Camp 4B. PoW No.261411 with Sgt A.Longstaff, PoW No.261467. Sgt R.G.Phillips was held in the Dulag Luft Interrogation Centre. No PoW No. known Tony Anderson Add to this record.  Related Content: No. 101 Squadron Royal Air Force Stalag Luft 3 Prisoner of War Camp Oflag 4B Prisoner of War Camp Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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