Date: 10/11th September 1942
Unit: No. 83 P.F.F. Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Avro Lancaster I
Serial No. W4104
Code: OL-A
Location: Neuss, Germany
Base: Wyton
Flying Officer John Gordon McDonald D.F.C. J/5059 R.C.A.F. Age.25 Killed
Sergeant Albert George Cook 1293852 R.A.F.V.R. Age.21 Killed
Flying Officer Harris Lewington Mazengarb 402667 R.A.A.F. Age.22 Killed
Sergeant Philipp William Samwell 1195426 R.A.F.V.R. Age.21 Killed
Flight Sgt Donald John Calderwood R/68128 R.C.A.F. Killed
Sergeant Graham George Millard 1179058 R.A.F.V.R. Killed
Flight Sgt Harry Raeburn Watson R/98140 R.C.A.F Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft took off from Wyton at 20.36 carrying 1 x 2000, 1 x 1900, 32 flares, 4 red flares and 4 green flares. The aircraft and crew failed to return from mission, their Lancaster crashed at Neuss due to reasons unknown. Funerals of the deceased took place in the Nordfriedhof at Dusseldorf. Since been re-interred at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Crash site of F/O. McDonald's Lancaster I W4104 at Neuss
Above left: F/O. McDonald holding niece Patricia with nephew Ian in the back yard of his parents home. Right: Portrait of John McDonald
Norman McDonald posthumously receiving his sons D.F.C. from the Governor General in Ottawa Fl/Sgt. Calderwood
Service record of F/O. Mazengarb
Burial details:
John Gordon McDonald D.F.C. J/5059 R.C.A.F. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. E. 1.
Son of Norman Donald and Ida Louina McDonald, of Islington, Ontario, Canada.
Albert George Cook 1293852 R.A.F.V.R. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. E. 3
Son of George Henry and Annie Louisa Cook, of Wealdstone, Harrow, Middlesex.
Harris Lewington Mazengarb 402667 R.A.A.F. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. D. 9
Son of Reginald Muller Mazengarb and Alice Winifred Mazengarb, of Cammeray, New South Wales. Australia.
Philipp William Samwell 1195426 R.A.F.V.R. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. D. 10.
Son of William and Josephine Samwell, of Northampton.
Donald John Calderwood R/68128 R.C.A.F. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. D. 7
Graham George Millard 1179058 R.A.F.V.R. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. D. 11.
Harry Raeburn Watson R/98140 R.C.A.F Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 11. D. 8
