LOSS OF LANCASTER PB471
OVER BELGIUM ON 20/21 FEBRUARY 1945
460 SQUADRON RAAF

 

Lancaster PB471 (AR-F2) of 460 Squadron RAAF was shot down over Belgium on the evening of 20/21 February 1945 whilst on a bombing raid to Dortmund, Germany. Six crew members perished in the crash and Flying Officer Jenkins survived and evaded capture and eventually returned to duty.

Flying Officer Alexander Elliott Jenkins RAAF 430033 - Pilot
Pilot Officer Frank Samuel Stone RAFVR 188993 - Engineer
Flying Officer Herbert Thomas Campbell RAAF 429070 - Bomb Aimer
Flying Officer Sydney Clifton Swift RAAF 430403 Navigator
Flying Officer Bernard Maxwell Clegg RAAF 434620 - Wireless Operator
Sergeant Alan Graham RAFVR 1596167 - Gunner
Flight Sergeant Bryant Braddock RAAF 435276 - Gunner

 


Photo:- via Marcel Thijsen

Church at Linkhout

 


Photo:- via Marcel Thijsen

Plaque at Linkhout for the loss of Lancaster PB471 of 460 Squadron RAAF

 

Memorial plaques at Linkhout

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Marcel Thijsen for his assistance with this web page.

 

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