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Lancaster I NG396 crashed in the Baltic Sea 6-7/3 1945.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 44 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded KM-G.
T/o 18:31 Spilsby. Op: Saaanitz.
The Lancaster is believed to have been hit by flak and to have crashed into the
Baltic Sea.
The body of Flt. Engr. Sgt William C. Thornton was found by a fisherman in the
Storstrømmen and was laid to rest in Svinø cemetery on 23/6 1945.
Pilot F/O Bernard F. Boyle RCAF, F/S James Pickup, F/S William C. Turner, F/S
Thomas W. Doggart, F/S John C. Smith and Sgt Charles J. Hance have no known
graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources: BCL, CWGC, BS, FAF.
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