Details below from Chorleys Bomber Command Losses:
424 Sqn Lancaster I RF150 QB-W
T/o 1808 Skipton-on-Swale to bomb oil refining facilities. Homebound, flew into a hillside at 0220 at Widdeston Park, some 3 miles SW from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and not far distant from the headquarters that had planned their last fateful mission. All were taken to Brookwood Cemetery. Both air gunners were nineteen years of age.
All died in the crash.
F/O J Watson RCAF +
P/O E T Ashdown RCAF +
F/O J Rochford RCAF +
P/O C N Armstrong RCAF +
P/O S M Thomson RCAF +
P/O S J O Robinson RCAF +
P/O C K Howes RCAF +
For further research see:
:: CWGC :: Look up each crew member, which will give you some details on the crew
The National Archives of the United Kingdom - whilst you will not find anything online you can, for a moderate fee get copies of the Operational Record Book for the Squadron which will detail all missions, aircraft and crew. Suggest you just get from Jan 45 first and then go back further if appropriate. I used this approach when reconstructing my fathers log book, see results at
156 Squadron = Pathfinder Force
Good hunting
Robin
156 Squadron = Pathfinder Force