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229817
P/O H. J.. Lister
Royal Air Force 218 Sqdn.
A Sterling III of 218 Squadron was first hit by flak over its target and soon afterwards was attacked and shot down by a night-fighter (Uffz Walter Rohlfing). The aircraft crashed at 01.45 at Ahrenswohlde 17 km SW of Buxtehude. Four members of the crew became POWs in Stalag 4B:
Sgt G. E. Empson (airbomber)
Sgt H. Turner
P/O H. J. Lister
Sgt W. L. Strand
Sgt B. O. Anderson RCAF.
The two members of the crew died and are buried in Becklingen War Cemetery. They were: