7/8th August 1944 – 103 Squadron - RAF Elsham Wolds – Avro Lancaster I – LM292 – F/O George C Brown RCAF – Duty Op Fontenay-le-Marmion.
Location – Crashed on return near Fenton, Lincolnshire.
This crew were lost on their 3rd operation on the 7/8-Aug-44 to Fontenay-le-Marmion. Crashed on return. Damaged by flak and crashed near Fenton, Lincolnshire on return to base following engine fire. 5 crew members were able to bale out when the aircraft got into serious difficulties. Sgt Corless, the Flight Engineer, stayed with his pilot to help him control the machine during its final moments as the other crew members baled out
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F/O George Chahoon Brown RCAF – Pilot – 20 – 103 Sqn - Son of George Edwin and Mary Elisabeth Brown of Grand Mere, Province of Quebec, Canada - Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire
Sgt John Corless RAF – Flight Engineer - 24 - 103 Sqn - Son of Norah Corless; husband of Ann Winifred Corless of Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire – Runnymede Memorial
Sgt B M Sandberg RCAF – 103 Sqn - Safe
F/O R Robinson RCAF – 103 Sqn - Safe
F/S R Porter RCAF – 103 Sqn - Safe
Sgt G R Vickery RAFVR – 103 Sqn - Safe
Sgt W G Hurley RAFVR – 103 Sqn - Safe
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103 Squadron George Chahoon Brown
103 Squadron John and Winnie Corless wedding
For more info etc re this incident. See 103 Squadron Site. Brown GC Crew Profile
Compiled by David Fell. Photos from the Canaidian Virtual War Memorial and the Corless family
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