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F/O. John Edward Northend
Royal Air Force 61 Squadron
from:Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield
(d.13th Jan 1943)
John Northend was a navigator on Lancaster B1 W4192 QR-E, which took off from RAF Syerston at 03:35 on 13th January 1943 as part of a 55 Lancaster raid on Essen, target indication being provided by four Mosquito aircraft from the Pathfinder Force. The aircraft crashed at Mettman, 14 km East North East of Duesseldorf Germany, all the crew were killed. Initially, they were buried at Nordfriedhof, but were reinterred in the Reichswald War Cemetery after the War.