• Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Taylor RAAF – pilot

• Sergeant Richard Gill – T/G

• Flying Officer Frederik Brearly (Brea) Hill – MuG

• Keith Thomas RAAF – B/A

• Pilot Officer Stanley William Newman RAAF – W/O

• Sergeant James Frederick Vincent – navigator

• Sergeant Alan Roderick - F/O

• crashed at Schendelbeke-Moenebroek - 28 May 1944

• Parts, including prop hub, recovered on 5 December 1999

On May 28, 1944, this Lancaster was shot down by a night fighter. The wreckage was found in the Moenebroek, a marshy area - now a nature reserve. The whole crew perished and was buried at Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery.

During the excavation a lot of smaller fragments were found, including instruments, oxygen bottles and a fire extinghuisher. An impressive piece is the propellor hub, with wooden fragments of the prop blades. This is now on display in the BAHA Collection Geraardsbergen.

Wim De Quick made a very nice site about this recovery. Click here !