13 February 1945 – 550 Squadron RAF North Killingholme – Avro Lancaster I – NF932 – F/L Eric S Allen - Ops Dresden
Location – Stotts Farm, Apley 2 miles south west of Wragby Lincolnshire

Took off 2139 13 Feb 1945 from RAF North Killingholme on Operation Thunderclap to Dresden but twenty minute after departure collided with a 300 Sqn Lancaster PA185 from RAF Faldingworth also en-route to Dresden.
F/L Eric Sidney Allen RAFVR - Pilot - 22 – 550 Sqn - Son of Sidney William and Alice Rosina Allen, of East Ham, Essex. - Runnymede Memorial
F/S Edward Thomas Smith RAFVR - Flight Engineer - 42 – 550 Sqn - Son of Thomas and Jane Smith; husband of Kathleen Smith, of Albrighton, Wolverhampton - Runnymede Memorial.
F/S Alexander Beveridge Dennison RAFVR – Navigator - 22 – 550 Sqn - Son of Adam and Janet Lauder Orphant Dennison, of Haddington, East Lothian - Runnymede Memorial.
F/S George Albert Maginley RAFVR – Air Bomber – 25 - 550 Sqn - Son of Herbert Frederick and Mary Louisa Maginley, of Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland – Runnymede Memorial
P/O John Riley Byrne RAFVR – Wireless Operator – 20 – 550 Sqn - Son of Joseph William and Winifred Helena Byrne, of Bispham, Lancashire – Runnymede Memorial
Sgt Reginald George Crump RAFVR – Air Gunner – 24 – 550 Sqn - Son of Benjamin George and Elizabeth Anne Crump; husband of Doreen Crump, of Ebbw Vale – Ebbw Vale Cemetery Wales
F/O James Edward Murray-Shirreff RAFVR – Air Gunner – 20 – 550 Sqn - Son of Cecil and Wilhelmina Erica Wanda Murray-Shirreff, of Bath, Somerset – Lincoln Newport Cemetery, Lincolnshire
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This was an experienced crew having been posted to 550 Squadron at North Killingholme in September 1944 and flown their first operation to Duisberg on 14th October
Compiled by David Fell. Photo WWP
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