The Crew of : JB894

Pilot: Sgt Robert Glass Amos (CWGC Page) KIA Aged 19
Sgt John Richard Godfrey Smith (CWGC Page) Flight Engineer KIA Aged 22
Sgt Basil Philip Dowthwaite (CWGC Page) KIA Aged 34
Sgt William Henry James Smith (CWGC Page) Bomber Aimer KIA Aged 20
Sgt John Richard Fradley (CWGC Page) Wirewless Operator KIA Aged 20
Sgt D.H. Brown PoW
Sgt John Raw (CWGC Page) Gunner KIA Aged 20

JB894 was airborne at 00.04 on the 14th Jul 1943 from Pocklington.
Cause of loss not established.
Crashed in the target area.
Burials are reported to have taken place in the St_dtfriedhof at M_nchengladbach 16 Jul 1943.

Five are now buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, but Sgt Raw is buried in Maastricht General Cemetery, Holland, this suggests he may have either survived the crash or was brought here by an American recovery team.
Their average age was 22.

Sgt D.H.Brown was interned in Camps L6/357. PoW No.376.

Maastricht Cemetery