Date: 7/8th July 1944
Unit: No. 57 Squadron
Type: Lancaster III
Serial: LM522
Coded: DX-G
Location: Envermeu - South East Dieppe, France.
Pilot: P/O. Stanley Findley 176090 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 29, Killed
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Thomas Spencer 2209623 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 19, Killed
Nav: Sgt. Richard Kenneth Nixon 1671453 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 19, Killed
Air/Bmr: Sgt. James Horton 1471891 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 22, Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Wilfred Clark 1233900 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 21, Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Arthur Charles Henry Baker 1895850 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 32, Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Douglas Carter 1819918 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 26, Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off from East Kirkby at 22.18 hrs to bomb the V1 flying bomb stores. Part of a 208 strong Lancaster force and a further 13 mosquitos at St. lEU d' Esserent (30 km North of Paris). 31 Lancaster's were lost on this raid with fierce fighting with the German night fighter squadrons.
It is possible that LM522 was shot down by a Lt Joachim Plass who did make the claim. It was shot down at 01.38 hrs at a height of 3.500 mtrs.
Lt Plass was himself killed at Berlin on the 14/15th February 1945 due to an engine fire.
Part of the Crew of Lancaster LM522 (Probably taken whilst with with 14 O.T.U. on Stirlngs. Rear row L to R: James Horton, Douglas Carter, Viv?, Wilfred Clark Front row L to R: Richard Kenneth Nixon, Stanley Findley - can you assist with further information on Viv?
Stanley and his young wife Connie outside her parents house in Skipton. Stanley Findley
Envernue Cemetery July 1944 - Right taken in 1956
Burial Details:
Stanley Findley Envermeu Communal Cemetery. Grave 41
Son of John and Isobel, husband of Connie Findley, of Grassington, Yorkshire.
Thomas Spencer St. Nicolas D'Aliermont Communal Cemetery French Mil Plot. Row 1. Coll grave 2
Son of Robert and Mary, of Halsall, Lancashire.
Richard Kenneth Nixon St. Nicolas D'Aliermont Communal Cemetery French Mil Plot. Row 1. Coll grave 2
Son of William and Charlotte Florence, of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.
James Horton St. Nicolas D'Aliermont Communal Cemetery French Mil Plot. Row 1. Coll grave 2
Son of Percy Rowland and Edith Gertrude, of Watford, Hertfordshire.
Wilfred Clark St. Nicolas D'Aliermont Communal Cemetery French Mil Plot. Row 1. Coll grave 2
Son of Edward and Hannah Mary, husband of Joyce Evelyn Clark.
Arthur Charles Henry Baker St. Nicolas D'Aliermont Communal Cemetery French Mil Plot. Row 1. Coll grave 2
Son of Arthur and Ethel, husband of Irene E. A. Baker, of Strood, Kent.
Douglas Carter St. Nicolas D'Aliermont Communal Cemetery French Mil Plot. Row 1. Coll grave 2
Son of Frederick and Alice May, husband of Jennie Olive Carter, of Alum Rock, Birmingham.
Photographs kindly submitted by Tony Cantlow and recently a relative of Arthur Baker, Carl Thomas, has contacted the Aircrew Remembrance Society and will shortly be sending us further information and possibly other relatives will also be contacted. With thanks to the following: Bill Chorley - "Bomber Command Losses Vol 3", Theo Boiten - "German Nightfighter War Diaries Vol 2", Martin Middlebrook "Bomber Command War Diaries". The Commonwealth Graves Commission
