On the 22nd of September 1943 the crew of this aircraft set out from East Moor, Yorkshire at 19.02hrs on Ops to bomb Hannover. On their return the aircraft ran low on fuel some 60 miles off Flamborough Head and at 00.45hrs on the 23rd September the pilot ditched the aircraft in the North Sea. Three of the crew managed to be picked up by a passing naval vessle, sadly two did not survived the ditching and their bodies were never found. The survivors found their way back to Yorkshire.
Pilot - Sgt Ronald M Barlow RCAF, aged 20, of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Missing, commemerated on the Runnymede Memorial. Listed as a WOII on CWGC.
Air Bomber - Sgt William J Mayo RCAF of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Helen Mayo.
Sgt B Buchanan RCAF
Sgt Frederick G Reeson RAFVR, aged 22, of Boston, Lincs. Missing, commemerated on the Runnymede Memorial. Listed as F/Sgt on CWGC.
Sgt Andrew Haggins RAF. (Still living in Canada in 2001)
Sgt Bill Mayo RCAF (Photos via Mr Andrew Davies)
Sadly F/Sgt Mayo was killed on 16th November 1943 when his aircraft crashed near Cammeringham in Lincolnshire. He was 22 years old and is buried in Cambridge.
Much of the information on this webpage was supplied by Mr Andrew Davies, researching his friends Uncle, Sgt William Mayo. I thank him for sharing this research with me.