Lancaster bomber LM675 of Squadron 463 Waddington was the only bomber shot down on 17th September 1944 on a daylight bombing raid over Boulogne. Six of the crew parachuted to safety behind Allied lines and the pilot K E J Tanner crash landed the plane, without injury, near Samer in northern France. I am asking your help to locate the family of Keith Tanner in the hope that they can confirm the name of the village nearest the crash site because I have the names of three villages from three different sources.
My father was the Bomb Aimer.
The story of the flight can be found on
http://www.467463squadrons.com/TrueTales/don_wills_story.htm
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The photo of the crashed plane which appeared in Flypast magazine in January 1991
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September 7, 2009 at 11:19 am