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Flying Officer Max ROSE (418179) of the Royal Australian Air Force

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Pilot

Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft Lancaster III ME868
 IBCC

Date of Death 1944-07-08 Age : 21 years.

Served in 57 Sqdn

Burial/Commemoration Details : Grave 9. at St. Maclou-De-Folleville Churc, France (Map)

International Bomber Command Memorial : IBCC

More Details: SON OF MAYER AND JANE ROSE, OF ST. KILDA, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

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Aircraft Accident / Loss Entry

Aircraft Name: Lancaster III ME868 Date of Crash: 08 Jul 44 Unit Wireless Operator (Air) Airfield /Crash Location , France
Aircrew details
Details Took off 2219 7 July 1944 from East Kirkby to destroy the flying-bomb storage site in the caves at St.Leu'.
Source Henk Welting's Database

Other Casualities in Lancaster III ME868

Rank Name, Number, Trade & Details DateUnit Country Cemetery/Memorial & Loc Ref
SergeantFrank Edwin Fricker BALE (976784) Wireless Op Lancaster III ME868  IBCC 1944-09-0657 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyDurnbach War Cemetery
Flight SergeantCharles Louis CARPENTER (1395962) Air Gunner Lancaster III ME868  IBCC 1944-07-0857 Sqdn AIR27 FranceSt. Maclou-De-Folleville Churc
SergeantJeremiah HEALY (1892821) Air Gunner Lancaster III ME868  IBCC 1944-07-0857 Sqdn AIR27 FranceSt. Maclou-De-Folleville Churc
Flying OfficerMax ROSE (418179) Pilot Lancaster III ME868  IBCC 1944-07-0857 Sqdn AIR27 FranceSt. Maclou-De-Folleville Churc

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