John McIntyre

Norway BERGEN (MOLLENDAL) CEMETERY C. 3. The bodies of McIntyres 6 crewmates were not recovered and they are commemorated at Runnymede.

Lancaster lll ND332 was one of fifteen 463 Sqdn acs to participate in a 5 Group (237 Lancasters and 17 Mosquitoes) attack on U-boat pens at Bergen.They took off 22.17 28 Oct 1944 from Waddington. Cloud cover force the Master bomber to abandon the operation despite ordering the force down to below 5,000 feet. A few bombs hit the U-boat pens but activities within were not affected. In a second, central, Bergen bombing area, 52 locals and 3 Germans were killed. Some buildings were destroyed including the Engen - an old wooden structure purported to have been 'the oldest theatre in Europe.' (Middlebrook & Everitt p.609)

Lancaster lll ND332 is believed to have crashed in the sea. 463's other 14 ac returned safely, most with their bombs still on board.

Also killed in the crash were Eric Booth, John Joseph Boyle, Colin Joseph Kenny, Francis Charles Langdon, Andrew Taylor Ley and John McIntosh.

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