Royal Australian Air Force Rank
Flight Sergeant 9242
Posting on Death: 12 Squadron (RAF)
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ME 526; Place - Alberndorf, Germany; Date - 16 March 1945.
Crashed at Alberndorf 2 Miles Southeast of Ansbach during a raid on Nuremberg, 2 of the crew survived and were captured
The crew members of Lancaster ME 526 were;
BARBER, Raymond Franklin Lindsay - (Flight Sergeant); Sern - 9242
FELGATE I L – (Flying Officer); Sern – 427079
HYDE J – (Warrant Officer); Sern – 429578
BARBELER G S – (Flight Sergeant); Sern – 425917
ARNOLD V J – (Flight Sergeant); Sern – 434611.
The survivors were:-
Sergeant J C Devine (1459717) (RAFVR) (Bomb Aimer) PoW.
Sergeant H F Nixon (1493451) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer) PoW
He is commemorated on the
Roll of Honour in Hampton Vic, also his name is located at panel 118 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Joseph Franklin Barber and Laura Elizabeth Barber, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia.
Royal Australian Air Force Rank
Flight Sergeant 9242
Posting on Death: 12 Squadron (RAF)
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ME 526; Place - Alberndorf, Germany; Date - 16 March 1945.
Crashed at Alberndorf 2 Miles Southeast of Ansbach during a raid on Nuremberg, 2 of the crew survived and were captured
The crew members of Lancaster ME 526 were;
BARBER, Raymond Franklin Lindsay - (Flight Sergeant); Sern - 9242
FELGATE I L – (Flying Officer); Sern – 427079
HYDE J – (Warrant Officer); Sern – 429578
BARBELER G S – (Flight Sergeant); Sern – 425917
ARNOLD V J – (Flight Sergeant); Sern – 434611.
The survivors were:-
Sergeant J C Devine (1459717) (RAFVR) (Bomb Aimer) PoW.
Sergeant H F Nixon (1493451) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer) PoW
He is commemorated on the
Roll of Honour in Hampton Vic, also his name is located at panel 118 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Joseph Franklin Barber and Laura Elizabeth Barber, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia.
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