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Steve Hurrell Served as ground crew with 408 Squadron in the UK, late November 1941, early December 1944 and have updated the 408 Squadron Wartime Casualty List from the Squadron History Book. May 22nd/23rd was a bad night for the Squadron. Two of the three Six Group aircraft lost during the raid on Dortmund were from 408 Squadron. Squadron Commander, W/C D S Jacobs and crew and Flying Officer T R Sherrill and crew. W. R Chorley Bomber Command Losses of WWII Volume 5, Lancaster Mark II, DS759 EQ-A Operation Dortmund crashed at Hartefield. Flying Officer Pilot, Sherrill T R, J26744, KIA 23/05/1944, Age ?, RCAF, Canadian Richswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 4. G. 7. Additional Information (Family Relationship) Thomas Russell Sherrill of Columbus South Carolina, husband of Edythe Russell, nee Warner, of Burtch (Brantford) Ontario Canada. Flying Officer Navigator, Rehkopf WW, J21821, KIA 23/05/1944, Age?, RCAF, Canadian Richswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 4. G. 10. Additional Information (Family Relationship) Walter William Rehkopf no additional information. Flying Officer Air Bomber, Brown C D, J28198, KIA 23/05/1944, Age 25, RCAF, Canadian, Richswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 4. G. 11. Additional Information (Family Relationship) Charles Davis Brown, son of Harry Raymond Brown and Madge Libbey Brown; husband of Natalie Patelkan Brown of Hartford Connecticut, USA. Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner, Campbell A S, 1346811, KIA 23/05/1944, Age 23, RAF, UK Richswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 4. G. 6. Additional Information (Family Relationship) RAF Records Pilot Officer Air Gunner, Kalyta P, J90760, KIA 23/05/1944, Age ?, RCAF, Canadian, Richswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 4. G. 5. Additional Information (Family Relationship) Peter Kalyta, husband of Ailleen Kalyta. of Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Pilot Officer Air Gunner, Cunningham H J, J88415, KIA 23/05/1944, Age ?, RCAF, Canadian, Richswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 4. G. 8. Additional Information (Family Relationship) Harry Joseph Cunningham, no additional information. Sergeant Flight Engineer, Nightingale H A, 1714926, KIA 23/05/1944, Age ?, RAF, UK, Richswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 4. G. 9. Additional Information (Family Relationship) RAF Records Found some limited Additional Information and family relationships of the RCAF members of the aircrew on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Virtual Canadian War Memorial sites. http://www.cwgc.org/ http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/ Personal files of RCAF aircrew Killed In Action are archived and available for research in the Canadian Library and Archives, Ottawa. However it’s difficult to find information on RAF aircrew since the Royal Air Force is more restrictive. Unfortunately Steve no photos of the aircrew or Lancaster DS759 EQ-A. George R McKillop New Westminster, BC March 29, 2015