Crew of Lancaster Bomber ED772 from 463 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Those who died are at rest in the 1939-45 War Cemetery Berlin.
Small extract from, https://d2uipk7udysvkd.cloudfront.net/images/collection/pdf/RC09125_013--1-.pdf
Lancaster Bomber took off from RAF Waddington at 1702 hours on the night of 30/31st January 1944 to bomb Berlin. Bomb load 1 x 4000lb bomb, 64 x 30lb, 1200 x 4lb incendiaries.
Names on the Memorial Plaque.
Sergeant, Rear Gunner 1332645 Gavin Carfrae BORRADAILE. Royal Air Force (VR). Killed on the 30th January 1944 aged 21 during bombing operations over Berlin. Birth surname Borradaile, memorial has Borrodaile
Sergeant, Flight Engineer 567242, Harold William Hughes MARSHALL. Royal Air Force (VR) Killed on the 30th January 1944 during bombing operations over Berlin aged 19. Son of Gerald Eric and Evelyn Marshall, of Franche, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. Wills and Admin, Ancestry. He lived at 204 Hayley Green, Halesowen, Worcestershire, died on date stated. His effects went to father, Gerald Eric Marshall, sub-postmaster.
Pilot Officer (Pilot) 411652 George Laurie MESSENGER. Royal Australian Air Force Killed on the 30th January 1944 during bombing operations over Berlin aged 24. Son of George and Martha Messenger, of Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia.
Sergeant, Wireless Operator, Air Gunner 1035489, Frederick WOOLDRIDGE. Royal Air Force (VR) Killed on the 30th January 1944 during bombing operations over Berlin aged 32. Son of Sidney and Elizabeth Wooldridge, of Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, husband of Winifred Wooldridge, of Lye Stourbridge. Wills and Admin, Ancestry. He lived at Clee View, Hayes Lane, Lye, Worcestershire, died on date stated. His effect went to his wife, Winifred.
Sergeant, Mid Upper Gunner 1376781, Ronald YOUNG . Royal Air Force (VR) Killed on the 30th January 1944 during bombing operations over Berlin aged 24 .Son of William and Matilda Louisa Young, of Gillingham, Kent.
Two taken prisoner Not named on this plaque
Flight Sergeant, Navigator 1576072 M F HOLMES. Prisoner 1165 Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan and Belaria, Poland.
Flight Sergeant Bomb Aimer 1543709 E BROWN. Prisoner 1254 at Wetzlar, Germany
Commemorated on a memorial plaque at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.
