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.