Keywords: 150 Squadron RAF Lancaster aircrew 1945 AWM P03819.004.jpg AWM caption Group portrait of a Lancaster crew of 150 Squadron RAF in front of their aircraft at RAF Station Hemswell <br> Identified left to right 1814561 Flight Sergeant Fl Sgt John Clement Davis RAF VR flight engineer 432681 Fl Sgt Robert Lockyer Masters RAAF wireless operator of Tumut NSW 430174 Fl Sgt Kevin Anthony Kee RAAF navigator of West Brunswick Vic 423161 Flying Officer FO Philip Henry Phil Morris RAAF pilot of Maroubra NSW 419853 Fl Sgt Harvey Bawden RAAF mid upper gunner 435186 Fl Sgt James Noel Griffin RAAF of South Brisbane Qld 433557 James Henry Jim Gillies RAAF bomb aimer of Eastwood NSW While on a raid to bomb the oil refineries of Harpenerweg near Dortmund and Bochum their aircraft Lancaster PB 853 P was hit by anti-aircraft flak and crashed on 24 March 1945 with Fl Sgt Griffin's body found in the wreckage Six crew managed to bail out and land safely four of whom were murdered by German nationals Those murdered were FO Morris Fl Sgts Kee Davis and Masters A War Crimes Group investigated the crimes committed at Bochum and those guilty of the crimes were either sentenced to death by hanging or one to twenty years jail depending on the level of their involvement Fl Sgt Bawden fractured his femur while getting from his turret to the fuselage yet managed to leave the aircraft and land undoubtedly with some discomfort Fl Sgts Bawden and Gillies ended up at the same camp for interrogation and both were subsequently moved to a Luftwaffe fighter station where Bawden was moved to a hospital Bawden received poor medical attention as most staff had disappeared as the station was under sustained attack Flt Sgt Gillies was moved by train and truck through Germany ending up in Fallingbostel POW camp leaving Flt Sgt Bawden to be repatriated some weeks later when the US Army arrived taking him out on his stretcher wired to the bonnet of a jeep P03819 004 circa February 1945 not stated PD-Australia Avro Lancaster aircrew No 150 Squadron RAF RAF Hemswell World War II people of the Royal Australian Air Force ImageNote 1 26 107 51 205 450 362 2 1814561 Flight Sergeant Fl Sgt John Clement Davis RAF VR flight engineer ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 91 116 45 189 450 362 2 432681 Fl Sgt Robert Lockyer Masters RAAF wireless operator of Tumut NSW ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 352 92 66 231 450 362 2 433557 James Henry Jim Gillies RAAF bomb aimer of Eastwood NSW ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 293 106 60 210 450 362 2 435186 Fl Sgt James Noel Griffin RAAF of South Brisbane Qld ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 134 112 45 190 450 362 2 430174 Fl Sgt Kevin Anthony Kee RAAF navigator of West Brunswick Vic ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 181 115 56 193 450 362 2 423161 Flying Officer FO Philip Henry Phil Morris RAAF pilot of Maroubra NSW ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 236 107 59 202 450 362 2 419853 Fl Sgt Harvey Bawden RAAF mid upper gunner ImageNoteEnd 7 |