RAF 166 Squadron

Crew Photographs - Missing or Lost

Lancaster Mk I  AS-Z  ME749

F/O Garth Harrison & Crew

G Harrison Crew
H Pickford

Sgt. Henry Pickford
Lost - 3/4 May 1944

Tasking Mailly-le-Camp, France

Circumstantial evidence suggests shot down by

German ace Hauptmann Martin Drewes
Crew Members


L to R Rear


F/O Geoffrey Vivian O'Brien  RAAF  422667 - Mid Upper Gunner  - survived became POW

Sgt Jack Marsden  RAF  1591984 - Flight Emgineer  - evaded

Sgt Ralph William Watson  RAAF  418600 - Navigator  - evaded

Sgt Terry Kelly  RAAF  422667 Rear Gunner  - replaced by Sgt. Henry Pickford


L to R Front


Sgt Eric William John Ashford  RAF  1458231 - Air Bomber  - survived became POW

P/O Garnet Thomas Harrison  RAAF  420749 - Pilot  - evaded

Sgt Robert Henry Haynes  RAF  1321909 - Wireless Operator  - evaded

(insert)  Sgt. Henry Pickford  RAF  1321909 - Rear Gunner  - KIA
J Marsden

Sgt Jack Marsden

Flight Engineer
E W J Ashford

Sgt Eric William John Ashford

Air Bomber
G T Harrison

P/O Garth Thomas Harrison

Pilot
G V O'Brien

F/O Geoff Vivian O'Brien

Mid Upper Gunner
R W Watson

Sgt Ralph William Watson

Navigator
R H Haynes

Sgt Robert Henry Haynes

Wireless Operator
               
Sorties »   posted in 21.3.1944 Notes:       Notes:
               
9 Apr 1944 W4994  AS-Z Villeneuve St. George   24 Apr 1944 LL916  AS-N Karlsruhe  
11 Apr 1944 " Aachen   26 Apr 1944 ME749  AS-Z Essen  
18 Apr 1944 " Rouen   27 Apr 1944 " Friedrichshafen  
20 Apr 1944 " Cologne sortie abandoned - R/G ill 30 Apr 1944 " Maintenon  
22 Apr 1944 " Düsseldorf   3/4 May 1944 " Mailly-le-Camp missing nothing heard after take-off
               

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