East Kirkby - Lancaster LM232 DX-P – 57 Squadron

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Reference WMO/262020

Address:

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

East Kirkby Airfield

East Kirkby

PE23 4DE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Tree/s
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Prunus and plaque Took off from East Kirkby at 2013.
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In Proud Memory / 57 Squadron. Lancaster 1 LM232 DX-P / Lost without trace 26-27 August 1944 / on an operation to the city of Konigsberg / (names)

RUSSELL, Alfred Gordon. Flying Officer [Pilot]. 42524. Son of Richard William and Alice Russell, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand; husband of Joan Margaret Russell, of Hastings, aged 28. Panel 263. MOORE, Peter William Lewis. Sergeant. [Flight Engineer]. 1235401. Son of William Robert Moore and of Eryl Eva Mary Moore (nee Lewis), of Hove, Sussex, aged 22. Panel 234. CHRISTENSEN, Gavin Keith Henry. Flying Officer [Navigator]. 425027. Son of Hans Henry and Ada Christensen, of Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand, aged 21. Panel 262. CAHIR, James Gordon. Flying Officer. [Air Bomber]. 427479. Son of Francis Reginald and Edna May Cahir, of Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand, aged 24. O’CALLAGHAN, Poraumati. Flight Sergeant, [Wireless Operator] 425403.. Son of Tai and Wikitoria O'Callaghan, of Bay of Plenty, Auckland, New Zealand, aged 20. Panel 264. Note:- Flight Sergeant in Vol 9 of Bomber Command Losses. YOUNG, David. Sergeant. [Mid Upper Gunner]. 1825411. Panel 241. WATTON, Arthur. Sergeant. [Rear Gunner]. 2220664. Son of Charles Henry and Elizabeth Watton, of Lower Gornal, Staffordshire, aged 19.

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