Date: 5/6th January 1944
Unit: No. 467 Squadron
Type: Lancaster III
Serial: LM431
Code: PO-M
Base: Waddington, Lincolnshire
Location: Unknown
Pilot : P/O. Frank Andrew Connolly 409666 R.A.A.F. Age 30. Killed
Fl/ Eng: Sgt. David Abel Briggs 1590037 R.A.F.V.R. Age 19. Killed
Nav: Fl/Sgt. Leonard Arthur Jeffries 1436258 R.A.F.V.R. Age ? Killed
Air/Bmr: Sgt. Maurice Turner 1389695 R.A.F.V.R. Age 38. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Robert William John Evans 1426660 R.A.F.V.R. Age 23. Killed
Air/Gnr: W/O II. Leonard Maccallum Jackson R/128258 R.C.A.F. Age 23. Killed (1)
Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Herbert Spencer Reid R/157645 R.C.A.F. Age 27. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off at 00.35 hrs and lost without trace. No records have been found for a claim from the Luftwaffe Night fighters for LM431. We would be interested in hearing from anyone regarding this loss and full credits will be provided for the information received.
W/O II. Leonard Maccallum Jackson (Courtesy RAF Museum) Fl/Sgt. Leonard Arthur Jeffries (Courtesy Don Jeffries)
(1) Jackson Islands in Saskatchewan is named after W/O Jackson
Burial details:
None - all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
P/O. Frank Andrew Connolly Panel 258
Son of William and Emma Connolly, of Northcote, Victoria, Australia.
Sgt. David Abel Briggs Panel 225
Son of David Abel and Margaret Briggs, of Dumfries.
Fl/Sgt. Leonard Arthur Jeffries Panel 219
No further details as yet.
Sgt. Maurice Turner Panel 239
Son of Herbert John and Eunice Mary Turner; husband of Rosetta Florence Clara Turner, of Margate.
Sgt. Robert William John Evans Panel 229
Son of Robert W. and Gertrude R. Evans, of Bideford, Devon.
W/O II. Leonard Maccallum Jackson Panel 254
Son of Alfred Jackson and of Ethel Mabel Jackson (nee MacCallum), of Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Fl/Sgt. Herbert Spencer Reid Panel 255
Son of James and Alice Reid, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Researched by: Melvin Brownless and Kelvin T. Youngs (A.R. Society) For relatives of the crew in the hope that one of them will contact us with further information and photographs/documents. As indeed it has - the nephew of Fl/Sgt. Leonard Arthur Jeffries has contacted us and supplied his photo for which we are grateful.
Acknowledgments: With thanks to the following (Purchase them "HERE"): Bill Chorley - "Bomber Command Losses". The Commonwealth Graves Commission.
