David Lorimer

Lancaster R5627 61 Sqn RAF Syerston Mission to Bremen. Aircraft lost to Bf110 night fighter piloted by Lt Hans Konig 8/NJG3 (KIA 24/5/44) and by Flak of the 8. Flak-Division; crashed southern perimeter of Bad Zwischenahn airfield near Oldenburg.

Returning aircraft reported raid as indifferent but German sources reported damage to U Boat yard, Focke Wulf factory, dock area and pier including damage to warehouses and destroyer Z25. Of 170 aircraft on the raid 11 failed to return.

P/O Ronald Archilbald
F/Lt George Beattie
Sgt Ian Pratt
Sgt Jack Wallis
F/Sgt Maurice Denison - Also killed.

Sgt P Holmes POW No 509 Stalag Luft III - Stalag Luft VI - Stalag 357.

1940 DFM awarded while serving with 44 Sqdn. Hampden bomber he was in was attacked by a Messerschmidt Bf109 over Hamburg. Despite the attacker’s considerable advantages in both firepower and agility he managed to shoot it down before it had done much damage to his own aircraft.