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249166 F/Sgt. George John Patrick O'Brien Royal Australian Air Force 106 Squadron from:Petersham, NSW (d.12th March 1945)   George O'Brien, was a Flight Sergeant in the Royal Australian Air Force. He was killed on the 12th March 1945 with 106 Squadron when Lancaster I RA503 ZN-B took off from Metheringham at 1330 to bomb Dortmund and was lost without trace. Aged 21 he was the son of Mr and Mrs H J O'Brien of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia. Part of a force of 1108 aircraft, 748 Lancasters, 292 Halifaxes and 68 Mosquitoes, tasked to attack Dortmund. In what was to be the final raid on this target by Bomber Command. This force surpassed the previous days record for most aircraft dispatched, as well as eclipsing the previous single bomb tonnage record to be dropped on a single target. Bombing once again through heavy cloud and using sky marking some 4,851 tones of bombs and incendiaries feel on the center and southern districts of the city. Local reports are not available and it is possible that none were submitted. A British post war investigation team researching the bombing in Dortmund,recorded in volume three of the Official History that 'This final raid stopped production so effectively that it would have been many months before any substantial recovery could have occurred. Two aircraft, were lost, 2 Lancasters. The aircraft was lost without trace. All of the crew have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Greg Hornby Add to this record.  Related Content: Royal Australian Air Force No. 106 Squadron Royal Air Force RAF Metheringham 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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