From Bomber County Aviation Resource
Coded AR-O. Airborne 2302 16Jun43 from Binbrook for Cologne. Flak damaged on the raid. On return, the pilot called up Binbrook to report that his hydraulics had been shot away and that he was going to attempt to land at Elsham Wolds. The aircraft crashed at 0445 while attempting to land at Elsham Wolds airfield, Lincolnshire. Sgt R.T.Harman, Sgt J.C.Plummer , Sgt L.M.McDonnell , Sgt D.S.Gent , Sgt (AG) W.Brodie , all perished in this incident.
from the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old, page 75
#460 Australia Squadron (Strike and Return) Lancaster Aircraft #W5007 crashed at Elsham Wolds, England
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from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service No:414255
Date of Death:17/06/1943
Age:22
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Grave Reference: Plot B. R.C. Grave 2.
Cemetery:BRIGG CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward and Margaret Mary McDonnell; husband of Daphne May McDonnell, of Casino, New South Wales, Australia.
Coded AR-O. Airborne 2302 16Jun43 from Binbrook for Cologne. Flak damaged on the raid. On return, the pilot called up Binbrook to report that his hydraulics had been shot away and that he was going to attempt to land at Elsham Wolds. The aircraft crashed at 0445 while attempting to land at Elsham Wolds airfield, Lincolnshire. Sgt R.T.Harman, Sgt J.C.Plummer , Sgt L.M.McDonnell , Sgt D.S.Gent , Sgt (AG) W.Brodie , all perished in this incident.
from the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old, page 75
#460 Australia Squadron (Strike and Return) Lancaster Aircraft #W5007 crashed at Elsham Wolds, England
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from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service No:414255
Date of Death:17/06/1943
Age:22
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Grave Reference: Plot B. R.C. Grave 2.
Cemetery:BRIGG CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward and Margaret Mary McDonnell; husband of Daphne May McDonnell, of Casino, New South Wales, Australia.
From Bomber County Aviation Resource
Coded AR-O. Airborne 2302 16Jun43 from Binbrook for Cologne. Flak damaged on the raid. On return, the pilot called up Binbrook to report that his hydraulics had been shot away and that he was going to attempt to land at Elsham Wolds. The aircraft crashed at 0445 while attempting to land at Elsham Wolds airfield, Lincolnshire. Sgt R.T.Harman, Sgt J.C.Plummer , Sgt L.M.McDonnell , Sgt D.S.Gent , Sgt (AG) W.Brodie , all perished in this incident.
from the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old, page 75
#460 Australia Squadron (Strike and Return) Lancaster Aircraft #W5007 crashed at Elsham Wolds, England
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from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service No:414255
Date of Death:17/06/1943
Age:22
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Grave Reference: Plot B. R.C. Grave 2.
Cemetery:BRIGG CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward and Margaret Mary McDonnell; husband of Daphne May McDonnell, of Casino, New South Wales, Australia.
Coded AR-O. Airborne 2302 16Jun43 from Binbrook for Cologne. Flak damaged on the raid. On return, the pilot called up Binbrook to report that his hydraulics had been shot away and that he was going to attempt to land at Elsham Wolds. The aircraft crashed at 0445 while attempting to land at Elsham Wolds airfield, Lincolnshire. Sgt R.T.Harman, Sgt J.C.Plummer , Sgt L.M.McDonnell , Sgt D.S.Gent , Sgt (AG) W.Brodie , all perished in this incident.
from the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old, page 75
#460 Australia Squadron (Strike and Return) Lancaster Aircraft #W5007 crashed at Elsham Wolds, England
-------------
from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service No:414255
Date of Death:17/06/1943
Age:22
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Grave Reference: Plot B. R.C. Grave 2.
Cemetery:BRIGG CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward and Margaret Mary McDonnell; husband of Daphne May McDonnell, of Casino, New South Wales, Australia.
Inscription
Royal Australian Air Force
Gravesite Details
414255
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945
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Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
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