Jack Ratcliffe was the flight engineer of the British Lancaster bomber LL689 that on a mission to Berlin was shot down by a night-fighter into the IJsselmeer lake, near the village of Schellinkhout, NW Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew members.
Jack Ratcliffe was the flight engineer of the British Lancaster bomber LL689 that on a mission to Berlin was shot down by a night-fighter into the IJsselmeer lake, near the village of Schellinkhout, NW Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew members.
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