Lancaster LM309......23rd September 1944
Details courtesy of W R Chorley's Bomber Command Losses.
F/O F J Lindquist RAAF (PoW)
F/S H Howard RAAF (PoW)
F/S A R Sloane RAAF (PoW)
There was a collision beween LM223 and LM309 (both from 463Sqn).
After the war it was discovered that LM223 crashed at Ibbenburen, region Schieren, near the farmhouse Bronswick.
LM309 crashed at Laggenbeck near the farmhouse Sommerkamp which was destroyed by the crash.
Several crewmembers were originally buried in a small piece of wood near this farmhouse and after the war reburied at Kleve.