1011861 Sergeant George Witham LAWSON, 90 Sqdn Royal Air Force: 23/6/43

Remembering Today

Casualty
Sergeant (Flight Engineer) LAWSON, GEORGE WITHAM
Service Number 1011861
Died 23/06/1943
90 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Buried at RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Number of casualties: 3183
Cemetery/memorial reference: 9. B. 11.

 

Details of the above loss.....

23 June 1943

90 Squadron
Stirling III BK665 WP-D
Op. Mulheim

Took off from West Wickham at 2318 hours. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Kehrum, 4km south east of Kalkar.

Crew.

Sgt. P C. McNair +
Sgt. G W. Lawson +
Sgt. J S. Porter +
Sgt. A. Thompson +
Sgt. F A. Hamer pow
Sgt. D C. Davids pow
Sgt. B T. Smy pow

Source - RAF Bomber Command Losses Vol.4 - W R. Chorley.

During the course of 1943, RAF Bomber Command visited Mulheim on 4 occasions. 560 aircraft were dispatched with 501 attacking the target of Transport, Industry and Oil. 789 tons of HE along with 856 tons of Incendiary were dropped. 35 aircraft were missing or lost.