| Places | |
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| Accession Number | UK0402 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Lincolnshire |
| Date made | 18 August 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Lancasters of No 460 Squadron RAAF, of Bomber Command, based at RAF station Binbrook, took part ...
Description
Lancasters of No 460 Squadron RAAF, of Bomber Command, based at RAF station Binbrook, took part in a raid on Peenemunde on the night of 17 August 1943. All their aircraft returned safely, but one received considerable damage from an attack by an enemy night fighter. One of the crew, 425053 Flight Sergeant (later Pilot Officer [PO]) Lorraine John Quaite of 460 Squadron RAAF, from Cairns, QLD, leaning through the smashed Perspex gives the “thumbs-up” sign. PO Quaite was lost on operations over England on 11 November 1943 while flying with 27 Operational Training Unit, RAF. He is buried in the Cambridge Regional Cemetery in England.