CAPTAIN: THACKWAY

LANCASTER K-KING - JB176
Aircraft crashlanded and was destroyed by fire

CREW
Pilot: F/O Edward, known as Ted, Thackway
        Killed 17-Dec-43 in crash at Bourn
        buried in Killinghall (St Thomas) Churchyard
Flight Engineer: Sgt George Grundy
        Killed 17-Dec-43 in crash at Bourn,
        buried in Bradford (Undercliffe) Cemetery
Navigator: Sgt Jack Powell
        Killed 17-Dec-43 in crash at Bourn,
        buried in Wakefield Cemetery
Bomb Aimer: P/O Leslie Kenneth Alexander, known as Sandy, Grant
        Killed 17-Dec-43 in crash at Bourn,
        buried in Cambridge City Cemetery
W/Op: Sgt Peter, known as Joe, Mack
        Injured 17-Dec-43 in crash Bourn, survived war
Mid-Upper Gunner: Sgt Robert Anthony, known as Tony, Lawrence
        Killed 17-Dec-43 in crash at Bourn,
        buried in Cambridge City Cemetery
Rear Gunner: Sgt Leslie, or Les, Laver
        Shot down &  killed 14-Jan-44 over Texel,
        buried in Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery

CREW: Edward Thackway, Jack Powell, George Grundy, Peter Hughes Mack, Robert Anthony Lawrence, Leslie Laver, Leslie Kenneth Alexander Grant, 97 Squadron, 16/17 December 1943


Aircrew on Berlin op - December 16/17 1943