William Donald McCulloch

3 PRC 10/4/1941
25 OTU 26/4/1941
61 Sqdn 10/7/1941

Lancaster R5517 61 Sqn take off 23.40 RAF Syerston mission to Emden. Third major raid against the port in a week. 227 aircraft dispatched of which 6 were lost. R5517 hit by Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 236 crashing between Freepsum (Krummhörn) and Groß
Midlum (Hinte); Niedersachsen, all crew were killed.

The bodies of six of the crew were recovered and were buried in Sage War Cemetery near Bremen in northern Germany (grave 1. F. 5). Sgt. Dryden’s body was not recovered for burial and he is commemorated on the RAF memorial at Runnymede.

Also killed:
Sgt Sydney Bradshaw
Sgt John Dryden
Sgt James Fallon
P/O James McKeown RNZAF
S/L Ian McNaughton RCAF
Sgt Collin Parker

CWGC Additional information: Son of William T. and Hilda R. McCulloch, of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

CWGC headstone personal inscription: 'Glory dwelleth in Emmanuels land'. From the hymn, 'The sands of time are sinking', written by Ann Cousin (1824-1906) but based on the works of author, Samuel Rutherford.