No. 106 Squadron Royal Air Force

No. 106 Squadron RFC was formed at Andover in 1917. Originally intended as an artikllery observation unit, it was sent instead to Ireland in May 1918 as a reconnassaince unit to support security forces. It was disbanded in 1919.
106 Squadron was re-formed on 1st June 1938 at RAF Abingdon as a Bomber Training Squadron. At the outbreak of war it was training aircrew on the Hampden light bomber. On the 1st September 1939 it moved to RAF Cottesmore. In 1941 the Squadron began night bombing operations over Europe. The Squadron was re-equipped with Manchesters then converted to Lancasters in the early summer of 1942.
During the Second World War No 106 Squadron flew 5,834 operational sorties with the loss of 187 aircraft.
Airfields at which No. 106 Squadron were based:

Thornaby Oct 1938 to Sep 1939
Cottesmore Sept 1939 to 6 Oct 1939
Finningley 6 Oct 1939 to 23 Feb 1941
Coningsby 23 Feb 1941 to 1 Oct 1942
Syerston 1 Oct 1942 to 11 Nov 1943
Metheringham from 11 Nov 1943

4th Oct 1939 Training

6th October 1939 Training Squadron moved

24th May 1940 Hampden lost in training

September 1940 Onto operations

30th Oct 1940 106 Squadron Hampden lost

23rd February 1941 Relocated

13th April 1941 Aircraft grounded

20th Apr 1941 Aircraft Lost

25th April 1941 DFC awarded

17th May 1941 Aircraft Lost

26th May 1941 Aircraft Lost

15th Jun 1941 Aircraft Lost

1st July 1941 Manchester bombers grounded

2nd Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost

4th Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost

6th Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost

7th Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost

30th Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost

5th August 1941 Aircraft Lost

16th Aug 1941 Aircraft Lost

18th Aug 1941 Aircraft Lost

22nd Aug 1941 Aircraft Lost

25th August 1941 Aircraft transferred

26th Aug 1941 Aircraft Lost

27th Aug 1941 Aircraft Lost

28th Aug 1941 Aircraft Lost

7th September 1941 Aircraft Lost

11th Sep 1941 Aircraft Lost

15th Sep 1941 Aircraft Lost

1st Oct 1941 Aircraft Lost

10th Oct 1941 Aircraft Lost

20th October 1941 Aircraft Lost

26th Oct 1941 Aircraft Lost

29th Oct 1941 Aircraft Lost

7th November 1941 Aircraft Lost

30th Nov 1941 Aircraft Lost

21st Dec 1941 Aircraft Lost

3rd Jan 1942 Aircraft Lost

14th Jan 1942 Aircraft Lost

15th Jan 1942 Aircraft Lost

15th January 1942 Pathfinder Pioneers

2nd February 1942 Manchester aircraft arrive

22nd Feb 1942 106 Squadron Hampden lost

30th Mar 1942 106 Squadron Manchester lost

May 1942 Replacement aircraft

1st October 1942 Move to new airbase

5th October 1942 Bombing raid a failure

17th October 1942 Operation Robinson

5th February 1943 106 Squadron Lancaster lost

26th Jun 1943 106 Squadron Lancaster lost

27th Jul 1943 Aircraft Lost

31st Jul 1943 106 Squadron Lancaster lost

11th November 1943 Squadron relocated

1st Jan 1944 Attack Made

2nd Jan 1944 Attack Made

3rd Jan 1944 Quiet

4th Jan 1944 Training

5th Jan 1944 Operations

6th Jan 1944 Quiet

7th Jan 1944 Training

8th Jan 1944 Training

9th Jan 1944 Training

10th Jan 1944 Training

11th Jan 1944 Poor Weather

12th Jan 1944 Poor Weather

13th Jan 1944 Poor Weather

14th Jan 1944 Attack Made

15th Jan 1944 Poor Conditions

16th Jan 1944 Award

17th Jan 1944 Poor Weather

18th Jan 1944 Training

19th Jan 1944 Foggy

20th Jan 1944 Raid

21st Jan 1944 Operations

22nd Jan 1944 Wet Day

23rd Jan 1944 Training

24th Jan 1944 Training

25th Jan 1944 High Winds

26th Jan 1944 Wet Weather

27th Jan 1944 Operations

28th Jan 1944 Preparations

29th Jan 1944 Attack Made

30th Jan 1944 Operations

31st Jan 1944 Quiet

31st Mar 1944 106 Squadron Lancaster lost

27th Apr 1944 106 Squadron Lancaster lost

27th Apr 1944 106 Squadron Lancaster lost

30th July 1944 Lancaster crash near Salford

20th Sep 1944 106 Squadron Lancaster lost

15th August 1945 Tiger Force

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Those known to have served with
No. 106 Squadron Royal Air Force
during the Second World War 1939-1945.

Aldridge Frank Henry. Sgt. (d.22nd Jun 1944)
Altmann DSO, DFC. Otto Reginald. Wing Cmdr.
Ashman Graham Leslie. F/O. (d.2nd Dec 1943)
Badley John Warren. Sgt. (d.8th Dec 1942)
Bailey Garnet James. Sgt.
Baker Frank Ernest. P/O. (d.12th Mar 1945)
Barratt Elgar. F/O (d.16th Dec 1944)
Bell Sidney. Sgt.
Bellingham Kenneth G.. F/O. (d.21st Jun 1944)
Blanchard James William. Sgt. (d.22th June 1944)
Boddy Mary.
Boddy Winifred.
Boivin Leslie Claude William. F/O (d.30th Aug 1944)
Brandon Philip. Act. Sq.Ldr (d.18th July 1943)
Breslin Daniel. F/Sgt. (d.18th July 1943)
Brinson Bruce. W/O.
Brodie James. P/O. (d.22nd June 1944)
Brodrick Leslie. Flt.Lt.
Brownjohn DFM. MID. William Robert. Sgt
Bryce-Taylor Kenneth Roland. Flt.Sgt.
Bryson William Sutherland. Sgt. (d.30th Aug 1944)
Burns DFM James Conway. Flying Officer (d.6th Oct 1945)
Burns DFM. James Conway. F/O. (d.6th Oct 1945)
Burroughs Henry William Frederick. Sgt
Burson Aaron. Sergeant (d.3rd April 1943)
Burton Leslie Patrick.
Burton Leslie Patrick.
Butler Richard William. Sgt. (d.26th Jul 1942)
Calvert Clive Percival. Flt. Sgt. (d.16th Dec 1944)
Canniff James. Sgt (d.25 August 1942)
Carter Anthony. Flying officer (d.21st Dec 1941)
Carter Donavan Yukin. Flt. Sgt. (d.12th Mar 1945)
Carter Henry William T.. Flt. Sgt. (d.30th Aug 1944)
Caskey Robin William. Flt.Sgt. (d.12th Aug 1942)
Cauley Frank Joseph.
Chapman Frank. Sergeant (d.19th May 1942)
Chase Robert Fleming. P/O (d.17th Sep 1942)
Chatwin Rex Joseph. Sgt. (d.19th Sep 1944)
Clarke Robert Barclay. P/O (d.30th Aug 1944)
Coates Maxey Croxford. Sgt.
Coates Maxey Croxford . Sgt.
Collins Ernest Lewis. F/S (d.30th Aug 1944)
Collison George Alec. Sgt. (d.28th June 1944)
Cooper Kenneth John. Sgt. (d.1st Aug 1942)
Crozier DFM David M.. P/O (d.13th Jan 1943)
Davies Hiram Edwin. Flt.Sgt. (d.26th Jun 1943)
Day Edward George Havelock. Sgt. (d.9th Oct 1943)
Day Raymond Edward Buckenham. Sgt. (d.16th Dec 1944)
Day Raymond Edward Buckenham. Sgt. (d.16th Dec 1944)
Dellar Joseph Charles Edward. W/O. (d.5th Mar 1943)
Diggory John. Sgt. (d.3rd Jul 1941)
Dixon John Arthur Glanville. F/Sgt. (d.28th June 1944)
Dunbar Alexander. Flt Sgt (d.13 Jan 1943)
Dyer John Harold. Sgt. (d.2nd Jan 1944)
Edge Eric. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Edge Eric. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Edwards Frank John. Sgt. (d.13th Jan 1943)
Elsworthy Alexander E .
Elsworthy Alexander E .
Emerson John Frederick Wallace. Sgt. (d.16th Dec 1944)
Emerson John Frederick Wallace. Sgt. (d.16th Dec 1944)
Evans Donald Angus. F/Lt.
Fisher Harry. Sgt. (d.4th Sep 1943)
Fisher Harry. Sgt. (d.4th Sep 1943)
Fixter Wilfred Harold. Flt.Sgt
Fletcher Edward Eric. F/O (d.30th Aug 1944)
Forster Douglas. Sgt. (d.30th Aug 1944)
Fraser John Mclean. Sgt. (d.19th Sept 1940)
Gale DFM Norman Leslie Ernest. Flight Sargeant (d.19th July 1944)
Garnett Frederick Horace. (d.2nd January 1944)
Garnett Frederick Horace. (d.2nd January 1944)
Gavin Howard. Flt Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
Gibson DFM. Douglas Bridgford. Sgt.
Gibson VC, DSO, DFC Guy Penrose. Wg. Cdr. (d.19th Sept 1944)
Goodwin Thomas George. Sgt. (d.7th Sep 1943 )
Green Berry Arnold. Flt. Sgt. (d.16th Dec 1944)
Green Lawrence. Sgt. (d.23rd Aug 1943)
Green Percy Edward. Sgt. (d.16th Dec 1944)
Greep DFM Robert Sidney. Sgt. (d.18th Feb 1943)
Griffin Patrick Michael. Sgt (d.7th Jul 1941)
Hardy DSO, DFC & Bar. Ronald J. W/Cdr.
Hargill Allen. Sgt. (d.30th Aug 1944)
Harris Lloyd George. P/O. (d.11th Aug 1943)
Harvey Stuart James. P/O. (d.17th May 1941)
Healey DFC DFM Everard Frank Gray. Flt Lt (d.13th Jan 1943)
Heard John William. W/O (d.18th July 1943)
Herd DFC Thomas Brodie. F/Lt. (d.8th Nov 1941)
Hetherington David. Sgt. (d.28th June 1944)
Hoboken DFC Jacques Robert Christiaan. (d.26th Nov 1943)
Hoboken DFC Jacques Robert Christian. F/O (d.27th Nov 1943)
Huggins Albert George. F/Lt.
Jackson VC. N. C.. Sgt.
Jacob Vernon Russell. Sgt. (d.28th Jul 1943)
Jeffrey Charles Colin. Sgt. (d.30th Aug 1944)
Jones Sidney James Holroyd. Sgt. (d.8th Nov 1941)
Jurgensen Caspar Harold. Sgt. (d.13th Jan 1943)
Jurgensen Caspar Harald. Sgt. (d.3th Jan 1943)
Kennedy John Kerr. Sgt.
Lapsley MID. William Hamilton. Sgt. (d.4th July 1941)
Leadbitter Leonard Arthur. Sgt. (d.5th Mar 1943)
Lester Ralph Thomas Gyrden. Sgt. (d.9th Oct 1943)
Lloyd William B..
Lodge Ottiwell Francis. Sgt. (d.9th July 1942)
Lowe Brian Everard. Gp. Capt. (d.18th July 1943)
Lumley Michael Hope. F/O (d.13th Jan 1943)
Mann Willaum George. Flt Sgt. (d.30th Jan 1944)
Mann William George. Sergeant (d.30th January 1944)
Martin Peter Richard. F/Sgt (d.11th Oct 1944)
Matheson Alister William Stewart. Wing Co. (d.18th July 1943)
McKechnie GC. William Neil. Grp Cpt. (d.30th Aug 1944)
McLean David. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
McLean David. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
McLean Robert Hudson. Flt. Sgt. (d.30th Aug 1944)
McPhail William Stevenson. Flt.Sgt.
McRobb David Pow Blyth. Cpl.
Moscrop Ronald. Flight Sgt.
Nichol John Potter. Flt. Sgt.
Norman W. Easby. P/O (d.28thJune 1944)
O'Brien George John Patrick. F/Sgt. (d.12th March 1945)
O'Leary D.F.C. A.F.C. John. Flight Lieutentant
Odbert Reginald Vere Massey. Gp.Capt (d.18th July 1943)
Over Dennis.
Over Dennis.
Palmer Alan Cairns. Flying Officer (d.3rd April 1943)
Parker Edward George Lancelot. (d.30th Aug 1944)
Pease Ernest Montague John. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Pease Ernest Montague John. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Pennington DFC John Ray. F/O (d.13th Jan 1943)
Pepper Jack Desmond. Sgt. (d.28 June 1944)
Powell Carey. Flight Seargent
Power Edwin Stanley. F/Sgt.
Quinn James Edward. W/OII (d.13th Jan 1943)
Quinn James Edward. WO2. (d.14th Jan 1943)
Read Aubrey. (d.26th Nov 1943)
Reeve Stanley Rickard. Sgt. (d.27th April 1944)
Reynolds Leslie Grahame. Sgt
Richomme Eric Philip. Sgt. (d.28th June 1944)
Ridd Thomas John. Sergeant (d.3rd April 1943)
Robin . Sgt.
Robinson Anthony. Flt Sgt. (d.28th Jun 1944)
Robinson Anthony. F/Sgt. (d.28th June 1944)
Rogers Donald Desmond William. Flt.Sgt.
Rogers Donald Desmond William. Flt. Sgt.
Sabell Ronald Sidney. Sergeant (d.3rd April 1943)
Simpson Joseph William. Flying Officer (d.3rd April 1943)
Smith John Francis. Sgt.
Smith Reginald John. Sgt. (d.10th May 1944)
Smith Walter. Flt.Sgt.
Smooker Fredrick. WO.
Stenner DSO, DFC. Charles Darwen. Wing Cdr.
Stenner DSO, DFC. Charles Darwen. Wing Cdr.
Stoffer Harry Murdoch. P/O. (d.24th Apr 1942)
Stone Reginald. Sgt. (d.31st Jan 1943)
Swaine Donald. Sgt. (d.29th Mar 1942)
Taylor Jack. Fly/Off. (d.7th August 1944)
Thomas Theophilus John. Flight Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Thomas Theophilus. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Thomas Theophilus. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Thomas Theophilus John. Flight Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Towle Edward George. Flt. Sgt. (d.16th Dec 1944)
Waite M. L.. Sgt.
Walley Frank W..
Ward Derek Charles. Sgt. (d.15th Oct 1942)
Webb Leonard Keith. Sgt. (d.28th June 1944)
Webb Robert Charles Henry. Sergeant (d.3rd April 1943)
White Thomas. F/Sgt. (d.23rd Sep 1943)
Williams Eric. P/O.
Williams Ernest. Sergeant (d.3rd April 1943)
Williams DFC Harold Par. Sq/Ldr
Williams Raymond George. Sgt. (d.8th May 1944)
Withington John Alfred. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Withington John Alfred. Sergeant (d.2nd January 1944)
Wodehouse Frank. F/O (d.8th Aug 1943)
Woodhams Jack Sainsbury. P/O. (d.10th May 1944)
Woollard DFM Allan John Alexander. F/O
Worswick DFC. John Alan. P/O. (d.2nd Jun 1942)
Worthington Wilfred. Sgt. (d.9th July 1943)
Worthy Edward. F/O
Young Alfred Markham. Sqd.Ldr. (d.26 Jun 1943)
Young William Lewis Johnston. Flt.Sgt. (d.3rd May 1942)

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Flt.Lt. Leslie Brodrick 106 Squadron

I'm a journalist for a community paper in South Africa and did an article on Les Brodrick. I am posting it on this website as it helped me piece together the chain of events during the long march, as Les's memory was a little vague.
Les recalls his Stalag Luft III escape -By Shelly Lawrie
Sixty-six years ago, in one of the most daring and bold escapes from a Prisoner of War camp, Scottburgh¹s Leslie Brodrick, (now 88), one of 15 survivors, recalls the event and consequences. A Royal Air Force, Flight Lieutenant for 106 squadron, Brodrick, 22-years-old, was shot down. He crash landed near Amiens on his Stuttgart raid return flight. He was taken to Dulag Luft for interrogation, then to Stalag Luft III in Sagan, an airforce Prisoner of War camp run by the Luftwaffe.
South African born Squadron Leader, Roger Bushell was the master-mind behind the audacious escape plan at the camp, and Brodrick was recruited immediately. Numerous tunnels had been dug but were found by the Germans. Bushell’s plan consisted of three tunnels, ‘Tom’, ‘Dick’ and ‘Harry’ being dug simultaneously. His aim was to have 250 men escape and spread chaos in Germany. Of all three tunnels, ‘Dick’ had the most ingenious trapdoor. Situated in block 122, the washroom, the tunnel entry was concealed in the sump. Water had to be removed, and the modified concrete slab put in place and sealed with a mixture of clay, soap and cement. Broderick was appointed ’trapfuhrer’, meaning he was responsible for the entrance to ‘Dick’. He had to unseal the slab for the ‘diggers’ then seal them in again and keep watch. After ‘Tom’ was discovered and ‘Dick’ abandoned after a prison compound was constructed in its path, all efforts were concentrated on ‘Harry’. ‘Dick’ was used as storage for all contraband.
On the evening of March 24, 1944, 200 men hoped to escape through ‘Harry’. The tunnel, 8.5m down, to hide any tunnelling sounds that buried microphones might pick up, and about 102m long, had electrical light, a ventilation system and a railway track with three haulage points and carts. Things did not go according to plan. Firstly, the exit trapdoor was frozen shut. After opening it, it was discovered the tunnel was well short of the pine-forest tree line. Due to an air-raid on Berlin, all camp electricity was turned off. With the tunnel exit only 27m from the nearest guard tower, a plan was hatched. A length of rope was strung from inside the tunnel to a person just behind the tree line. A series of tugs were used to signal “the coast is clear”.
Experienced escapees, German speakers and those that contributed the most to the operation, were first on the list. The rest of the men drew lots, Brodrick was drawn at number 52. In complete darkness, Brodrick made his way to the tunnel exit, he hit a snag at the exit ladder as his legs could not bend to climb up. He got out by hauling himself, hand-over-hand for the last 8.5m. Once free of the camp, Brodrick and two others, Henry Birkland and Denys Street, did not progress very far. For three days, travelling at night only, soaked and freezing, Brodrick and Street decided to find shelter as Birkland was ³in a bad way². Spotting a cottage, the three, street-fluent in German, decided to try their luck by “spinning a yarn” to the occupants of the cottage. Unfortunately, the occupants were German soldiers. The three were arrested, taken to a local police station and then to Gestapo head quarters at Gorlitz for interrogation. Brodrick said he recognised the Gestapo as they “dress in leather coats just like in the movies”.
He was then returned to Stalag Luft III. On arrival he discovered Hitler had ordered 50 of the escaped 76 to been shot, Street was one of them. The men under pretence, individually or in pairs, were told they were being moved to another location. On the “trip”, German soldiers would stop the vehicle, either for the men to relieve themselves or ‘stretch their legs’, and when their backs were turned they were shot. The excuse given for their ’execution’ was that they had been trying to escape. Of the 76 escapees, three evaded recapture.
On January 27, 1945, Stalag Luft III was evacuated due to Russian forces approaching. Broderick and many others were marched in sub-zero temperatures, westwards to Spremberg. Once there they were loaded into cattle trains, destination Marlag Nord in Tarmstedt. The British corporal in charge of the prisoners refused to stay at the Marlag camp, condemned by the Red Cross as unfit and unsanitary.
Eventually Brodrick and the others ended up on a tobacco plantation near Lubeck. Here they were liberated on May 2, 1945, by British troops in open trucks shouting, “you’re free!”.
During the march they were shot at by a Royal Air Force spitfire, until the pilot realised they were not the enemy. Broderick also witnessed concentration camps with “skeletal Jews and the systematic slaughter of them”. At one location the prisoners were given a shower, and they thought they were to be gassed.
Brodrick was flown home to Canvey Island, England in a Lancaster, one from his old squadron. After tidal wave flooded Canvey Island in 1953, Brodrick and family came to South Africa in 1956, and moved to Scottburgh in 1963.

Shelly Lawrie

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Flt.Sgt. Hiram Edwin Davies 106 Sqn. (d.26th Jun 1943)

On the 25th of June 1943 at 22:45 Lancaster I W4367 ZN of 106 Squadron took off from RAF Syerston, Flintham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, the target was Gelsenkirchen (Nordstern). The aircraft crashed off the coast of Holland and all crew killed 2 bodies not recovered or identified
The crew were:

Davies H E Flight Sergeant Air Gunner aged 22 had left his dog tags behind, remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Hancock J Flight Sergeant Navigator aged 31 buried in Harderwijk General Cemetery
Macmillan J Warrant Officer Bomb Aimer aged 32 buried in Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Page P J Pilot Officer Pilot aged 22 buried in Harderwijk General Cemetery
Pass J Flight Sergeant W.Operator/Air Gunner aged 27 buried in Harderwijk General Cemetery
Tyler E E Sergeant Flight Engineer aged 19 buried in Harderwijk General Cemetery KIA
Welch J C Flight Sergeant Air Gunner aged 22 remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.

NS MacSorley

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Sergeant William George Mann 106 Squadron (d.30th January 1944)

I am trying to trace my brother-in-law William George Mann. He was 19 years old and stationed at Metheringham with No 106 Squadron, RAF. On the 30th Jan 1944 he took off for Berlin and never returned.
If you could find the crew that he was flying with or photos I would very pleased to hear from you.

Lawrence Meyrick

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Mary Boddy 106 Sqd.

My Aunt Mary Boddy and my mother Winifred Boddy, as they were then known, were attached to 106 Sqd, my father Flt Lt John O'Leary flew with 106 Sqd.

Shaun O'Leary

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Winifred Boddy 106 Sqd.

Mother Winifred Boddy and her sister Mary Boddy, as they were then know were attached to 106 Sqd, my father Flt Lt John O'Leary flew with 106 Sqd.

Shaun O'Leary

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Sergeant John Alfred Withington 106 Squadron (d.2nd January 1944)

I am researching my great uncle John Alfred Withington who died during the Second World War. He was a gunner in a Lancaster bomber with the 106 Squadron, all but one of the crew died on the 2nd of January 1944. My father was told that his uncle, John Withington helped an injured crew member when their plane was hit. John helped open the other crew members parachute but his own then failed.
www.lostbombers.co.uk reports the crash:
Lancaster JB642 bomber with the 106 Squadron on operation to Berlin, lost on the 2nd of January 1944. JB642 was one of two No.106 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. Airborne 0020 2nd January 1944 from Metheringham. Outbound, crashed at Hoya, a town straddling the Weser, 14 km SSW of Verden. Those killed are buried in Hanover War Cemetery.
At 18, Sgt Withington was amongst the youngest to die on air operations in Bomber Command.
P/O F.H.Garnett KIA
Sgt D.McLean KIA
F/S T.J.Thomas KIA
Sgt E.M.J.Pease KIA
Sgt E.Edge KIA
Sgt J.A.Withington KIA
Sgt A.A.E.Elsworthy PoW, was interned in Camps 4B/L3, PoW No.269841.

Holly Middleditch

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Sergeant Eric Edge 106 Squadron (d.2nd January 1944)

Lancaster JB642 bomber with the 106 Squadron on operation to Berlin, lost on the 2nd of January 1944. JB642 was one of two No.106 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. Airborne 0020 2nd January 1944 from Metheringham. Outbound, crashed at Hoya, a town straddling the Weser, 14 km SSW of Verden. Those killed are buried in Hanover War Cemetery.
At 18, Sgt Withington was amongst the youngest to die on air operations in Bomber Command.
P/O F.H.Garnett KIA
Sgt D.McLean KIA
F/S T.J.Thomas KIA
Sgt E.M.J.Pease KIA
Sgt E.Edge KIA
Sgt J.A.Withington KIA
Sgt A.A.E.Elsworthy PoW, was interned in Camps 4B/L3, PoW No.269841.

Holly Middleditch

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Sergeant Ernest Montague John Pease 106 Squadron (d.2nd January 1944)

Lancaster JB642 bomber with the 106 Squadron on operation to Berlin, lost on the 2nd of January 1944. JB642 was one of two No.106 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. Airborne 0020 2nd January 1944 from Metheringham. Outbound, crashed at Hoya, a town straddling the Weser, 14 km SSW of Verden. Those killed are buried in Hannover War Cemetery.
At 18, Sgt Withington was amongst the youngest to die on air operations in Bomber Command.
P/O F.H.Garnett KIA
Sgt D.McLean KIA
F/S T.J.Thomas KIA
Sgt E.M.J.Pease KIA
Sgt E.Edge KIA
Sgt J.A.Withington KIA
Sgt A.A.E.Elsworthy PoW was interned in Camps 4B/L3, PoW No.269841.

Holly Middleditch

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Flight Sergeant Theophilus John Thomas 106 Squadron (d.2nd January 1944)

Lancaster JB642 bomber with the 106 Squadron on operation to Berlin, lost on the 2nd of January 1944. JB642 was one of two No.106 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. Airborne 0020 2nd January 1944 from Metheringham. Outbound, crashed at Hoya, a town straddling the Weser, 14 km SSW of Verden. Those killed are buried in Hannover War Cemetery.
At 18, Sgt Withington was amongst the youngest to die on air operations in Bomber Command.
P/O F.H.Garnett KIA
Sgt D.McLean KIA
F/S T.J.Thomas KIA
Sgt E.M.J.Pease KIA
Sgt E.Edge KIA
Sgt J.A.Withington KIA
Sgt A.A.E.Elsworthy PoW was interned in Camps 4B/L3, PoW No.269841.

Holly Middleditch

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Sergeant Theophilus Thomas 106 Squadron (d.2nd January 1944)

Lancaster JB642 bomber with the 106 Squadron on operation to Berlin, lost on the 2nd of January 1944. JB642 was one of two No.106 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. Airborne 0020 2nd January 1944 from Metheringham. Outbound, crashed at Hoya, a town straddling the Weser, 14 km SSW of Verden. Those killed are buried in Hannover War Cemetery.
At 18, Sgt Withington was amongst the youngest to die on air operations in Bomber Command.
P/O F.H.Garnett KIA
Sgt D.McLean KIA
F/S T.J.Thomas KIA
Sgt E.M.J.Pease KIA
Sgt E.Edge KIA
Sgt J.A.Withington KIA
Sgt A.A.E.Elsworthy PoW was interned in Camps 4B/L3, PoW No.269841.

Holly Middleditch

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The Wartime Memories Project
- No. 106 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War -

Those known to have served with
No. 106 Squadron Royal Air Force
during the Second World War 1939-1945.