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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="558" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#CC9966" BORDERCOLORDARK="#003333" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#CC9966 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="ab9e5560.jpg" border=0 width="485" height="342" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000 HEIGHT= 209 WIDTH="546"><div> <B>Back Row left to right:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sgt. Mat Kelly, Engineer, RAF, Sgt Stan Gilbert, rear gunner, RAF, Flight</B></div> <div> <B>Sgt Bob McCormack, navigator RAAF, Flying Officer Charles  Stewart Bogle, Pilot RAAF</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Front Row left to right:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sgt. B. ....... Upper Gunner, RAF, Sgt Johhny Hines, Bomb Aimer RAF, Sgt</B></div> <div> <B>R.W. Camier, Wireless Operator RAAF</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>These Photographs and following information kindly suppied to website by Leonie Tuit </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1010 WIDTH="546"><div> <B>Mission on 12-13 August 1944</B></div> <div> <B> 90 Squadron - Lancaster I - ME852 WP-Q - OP: BRAUNSCHWEIG</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>On the night of 12-13 August 1944 27 aircraft (Lancasters and Halifaxes) were lost in the Braunschweig raid and 20 in the Russelsheim raid. Also 2 Mosquitos. - 335 men, 78 of whom became prisoners of war, 18 were "evaders"; the rest died.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> F/O C. S. Bogle RAAF</B></div> <div> <B> SGT F. Myers</B></div> <div> <B> F/S R. B. McCormack RAAF</B></div> <div> <B>SGT J. C. Hines</B></div> <div> <B>F/S R. S. Camier RAAF</B></div> <div> <B> SGT P.W. Jones</B></div> <div> <B> SGT C. S. Gilbert</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Checking the CWGC database gives:</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany</B></div> <div> <B>Grave or Reference Panel Number: Coll. grave 19. A. 5-11.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> CHARLES STEWART BOGLE</B></div> <div> <B> Flying Officer</B></div> <div> <B>427289</B></div> <div> <B> Royal Australian Air Force</B></div> <div> <B> Age 21 .</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B> FRANCIS MYERS</B></div> <div> <B> Sergeant</B></div> <div> <B>2209603</B></div> <div> <B> Flt. Engr.</B></div> <div> <B>90 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> ROBERT BROWNING McCORMACK</B></div> <div> <B> Flight Sergeant</B></div> <div> <B>422631</B></div> <div> <B> Royal Australian Air Force</B></div> <div> <B> Age 29 .</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B> JOHN CHARLES HINES</B></div> <div> <B> Sergeant</B></div> <div> <B> 1397984</B></div> <div> <B> 90 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B> RONALD SUTTON CAMIER</B></div> <div> <B> Flight Sergeant</B></div> <div> <B> 419700</B></div> <div> <B> Royal Australian Air Force</B></div> <div> <B> Age 20 .</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> PERCY WILLIAM JONES</B></div> <div> <B> Sergeant</B></div> <div> <B> 1622133</B></div> <div> <B>90 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve</B></div> <div> <B> Age 19</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> CYRIL STANLEY GILBERT</B></div> <div> <B> Sergeant</B></div> <div> <B> 525662</B></div> <div> <B>90 Sqdn., Royal Air Force</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000 HEIGHT= 636 WIDTH="546"><div> <B>12/13 August 1944</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Brunswick: 242 Lancasters and 137 Halifaxes. 17 Lancasters and 10 Halifaxes lost, 7.1 per cent of the force. This was an experimental raid. No Pathfinder aircraft took part and there was no marking. The intention was to discover how successfully a force of aircraft could carry out a raid with each crew bombing on </B><B>the indications of its own H</B><B>2</B><B>S set. The raid was not successful and there was no concentration of bombing. The Brunswick report calls it a 'heavy raid' but only states that bombs fell in the central and Stadtpark areas. Other towns, up to 20 miles dist</B><B>ant, were mistaken for Brunswick and were also bombed.</B></div> <div> <B>297 aircraft - 191 Lancasters, 96 Halifaxes, 10 Mosquitos - to Rüsselsheim. 13 Lancasters and 7 Halifaxes lost, 6.7 per cent of the force. The target for this raid was the Opel motor factory and normal Pathfinder marking methods were used. The motor factory was only slightly damaged; the local report states that the tyre and dispatch departments and the powerhouse were hit but most of the bombs fell in open countryside south of the target.</B></div> <div> <B>144 aircraft - 91 Lancasters, 36 Halifaxes, 12 Stirlings, 5 Mosquitos - bombed a German troop concentration and a road junction north of Falaise. The bombing was believed to have been very effective. No aircraft lost.</B></div> <div> <B>40 Halifaxes and 12 Mosquitos bombed 2 launching sites and a storage depot. No aircraft lost.</B></div> <div> <B>Support and 143 training aircraft on a diversionary sweep over the English Channel, 21 Mosquitos to Kiel, 10 to Frankfurt and 3 each to Coulommiers and Juvincourt airfields, 33 RCM sorties, 47 Mosquito patrols, 10 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes minelaying off Biscay ports, 21 OTU sorties. 2 Mosquitos lost - 1 from the Frankfurt raid and 1 Mosquito of No 100 Group, probably a Serrate aircraft.</B></div> <div> <B>Total effort for the night:</B><B> 1,167 sorties, 49 aircraft (4.2 per cent) lost. The bombs dropped during this night brought Bomber Command's total for the war so far to approximately 500,000 tons.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Infomation Source - </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/bchome.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/bcho"><U><B>Bomber Command Website</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is a fantastic website  - </B><B>by changing the last date to whatever month and year you require you will pull up all the conflicts as such for that time frame.</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B> <style>  </style>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > <STYLE>  </STYLE>  </FONT></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="155" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#CC9966" BORDERCOLORDARK="#000000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 73 WIDTH="143"><div> <B>Boomerang C</B><B>lub, London</B></div> <div> <B>Click Images to enlarge</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 107 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="b2.htm" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="b2.htm"><U><IMG SRC="ac391650.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 82 WIDTH="143"><div> <B>Sergeant T Lewin, RAF, of Edinburgh, Scotland (right) was guest of Flight Sergeant R Smith of Sydney</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 106 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="b3.htm" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="b3.htm"><U><IMG SRC="ac591640.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 85 WIDTH="143"><div> <B>Sergeant Nicholls, of Dimbuhih,Qld (left) Sergeant Revel, Melb. and Flight Sergeant Lukies of Malamatite, Vic. </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 101 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="b5.htm" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="b5.htm"><U><IMG SRC="acb915f0.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="95" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 54 WIDTH="143"><div> <B>Flying Officer Hawkes (left) of Blakehurst, and Flying Officer Bush of Cremorne. </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 106 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="b6.htm" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="b6.htm"><U><IMG SRC="acd91640.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 85 WIDTH="143"><div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC99" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Flying Officer Wadham of Victoria (left), Flying Officer East of Melbourne and Sergeant Hickey of Sydney N.S.W</B></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 133 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="b1.htm" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="b1.htm"><U><IMG SRC="ac7917f0.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="143"><div> <B>One legged Pilot Officer Bobby Dunstan</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 104 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="b4.htm" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="b4.htm"><U><IMG SRC="ac991620.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 96 WIDTH="143"><div> <B>Flight Sergeant Seage, of Perth (left). Sergeant Sleeman, of Parramatta, Sydney and Flight Sergeant Bogle of Mount Magnet W.A</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 121 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="x6.htm" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="x6.htm"><U><IMG SRC="acf91730.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="143"><div> <B>Crew of the N for NAN </B><B>Lancaster</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id289.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About this Site"><U>Back to Anzac Research</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <STYLE>  </STYLE>  </div> <div>  <style>  </style>  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>