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Pilot Officer Patrick William LAIDLER 415800
Flight Sergeant William Joseph LEA 418963
Flying Officer John LEDGERWOOD 421863
Flight Sergeant Daniel Ernest LESEBERG 425172
Warrant Officer Ernest Roy LUMSDAINE 402372
Born: Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England No. 464 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force Died 6-1-1944 - accidental Son of Russell Robberds & Rose Victoria Lumsdaine, Queenscliffe Rd, Queenscliffe, Manly, N.S.W. Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 109 Also honoured St Mary's Church Memorial, Meppershall, Bedfordshire |
A Mosquito bomber crew of No. 464 Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Methwold, preparing for the "take off". Identified: 415023 Flight Sergeant K. R. Russel, Auckland, NZ (left) and 402372 Warrant Officer E. R. Lumsdaine, Manly, NSW. Ernest Roy Lumsdaine enlisted in the RAAF on 19 August 1940 in Sydney, NSW. His initial training took place at Bradfield Park, NSW, and after completing his basic aircrew training in early October, Lumsdaine embarked from Sydney in early November. He arrived in Durban, South Africa, on 10 December 1940 and proceeded to Rhodesia where he trained as an observer. He completed this course in February 1941 and was posted to Queenstown, South Africa, to train as a navigator. During the course, he was promoted to sergeant. On completion of his training in October 1941, Lumsdaine was sent to England where he was posted to 14 Operational Training Unit (OTU) which at the time was flying Hampden bombers. On 8 March 1942, He was one of two crewmen who survived the crash of a Hampden bomber when the pilot crashed the plane during a night landing, killing himself and the rear gunner. Lumsdaine and the other survivor's lives were saved when a quick thinking farm labourer extinguished a fire that had started in one of the plane's engines. Having survived the crash with minor injuries, Lumsdaine soon returned to duty. On 23 December 1942 he was promoted warrant officer. On 27 June 1943, Lumsdaine was briefly posted to 16 OTU for two days before being posted to 13 OTU where he became a navigator in Mosquito aircraft. On 6 December 1943, he was posted to 464 Squadron as a navigator. During a training flight at Chipping Warden aerodrome, on 6 January 1944, the Mosquito he was a navigator in, undertook a low pass over the airfield. The pilot misjudged his pass and the Mosquito came into contact with the ground before crashing into a nearby hangar, killing the pilot and Lumsdaine. Ernest Roy Lumsdaine was laid to rest with full military honours on 12 January 1944 at the Oxford RAF cemetery in North Hinksey, Berkshire. |
Pilot Officer Alfred Edward LUTZ 429710
Flight Sergeant George MACOUN 426127
Flight Sergeant Harold James MADDALENA 23723
Flight Sergeant Richard Joseph MANLY 437624
Flight Sergeant William Victor MANUEL 401986
Flight Sergeant James Francis MARTIN 23503
Flight Sergeant Ronald Keith MATTHEWS 427007
Flight Sergeant Lewis Keith MAXWELL 426130
Flight Sergeant John Stewart McINNES 410252
Flight Sergeant Allan David McINTYRE 417714
Flight Sergeant Alexander MIGNER 426961
Flight Sergeant Maxwell William MILNE 437435
Flying Officer Alan Martin MONTGOMERY 430040
Flight Sergeant Laurence Dominic MORAN 437436
Flight Sergeant Eric Reginald Harry MURPHY 417399
Flying Officer John David MURRAY 413640
Flight Sergeant Norman Lindsay NEWBEY 427015
Flight Sergeant John William NEWCOMBE 438300
Flight Sergeant Murray Wilton NIELSEN 26423
Flight Sergeant Colin John NOLAN 439781