Douglas James Marks, Douglas Charles Fentiman, George Noel Hammond, John Alexander Dunbar, Daniel McDonald, Peter Henry Unwin, John Cumming
The Pathfinder Year - 97 Squadron at Bourn
CAPTAIN: MARKS
LANCASTER ED862 OF- P
30th July 1943, crew lost without trace, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial.
CREW
Pilot: F/S Douglas James Marks (26 years old)
Flight Engineer: Sgt Douglas Charles Fentiman (age unknown)
Navigator: George Noel Hammond (22 years old)
Bomb Aimer: John Alexander Dunbar (27 years old)
W/OP: Daniel McDonald (31 years old)
Mid-Upper Gunner: John Cumming (30 years old)
Rear gunner: Peter Henry Unwin (19 years old)
LANCASTER ED862 OF- P
30th July 1943, crew lost without trace, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial.
CREW
Pilot: F/S Douglas James Marks (26 years old)
Flight Engineer: Sgt Douglas Charles Fentiman (age unknown)
Navigator: George Noel Hammond (22 years old)
Bomb Aimer: John Alexander Dunbar (27 years old)
W/OP: Daniel McDonald (31 years old)
Mid-Upper Gunner: John Cumming (30 years old)
Rear gunner: Peter Henry Unwin (19 years old)
DETAILS
The crew transferred to 97 Squadron on 4th May 1943, from 467 Squadron. For Bomber Command, four of them were comparitively elderly (their ages are on the crew list above).
From the ORB
29/30 July 1943 Hamburg - Bomb Load 6 x TI, 1 x 4000lb, 3 x 1000lb unless stated
ED862P F/S D.J.Marks, Sgt D.C.Fentiman, F/O G.N.Hammond, F/Sgt J.A.Dunbar, Sgts D.MacDonald, J.Cumming, P.H.Unwin. Up 2228 - aircraft and crew missing.
Extract from Bomber Command Losses - 29/30.7.43
Lancaster III ED862 OF - P. Op Hamburg. T/O Bourn. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. On 28 July 1944, the London Gazette published details of the DFM awarded to P/O Marks.
P/O D.J.Marks DFM(+), Sgt D.C.Fentiman(+), F/O G.N.Hammond(+), F/S J.A.Dunbar(+), Sgt D.McDonald(+), Sgt J.Cumming(+), Sgt P.H.Unwin(+).
(Crew on 30th op, probably shot down by Me110 of Major Lent IV/NJG1)
The crew transferred to 97 Squadron on 4th May 1943, from 467 Squadron. For Bomber Command, four of them were comparitively elderly (their ages are on the crew list above).
From the ORB
29/30 July 1943 Hamburg - Bomb Load 6 x TI, 1 x 4000lb, 3 x 1000lb unless stated
ED862P F/S D.J.Marks, Sgt D.C.Fentiman, F/O G.N.Hammond, F/Sgt J.A.Dunbar, Sgts D.MacDonald, J.Cumming, P.H.Unwin. Up 2228 - aircraft and crew missing.
Extract from Bomber Command Losses - 29/30.7.43
Lancaster III ED862 OF - P. Op Hamburg. T/O Bourn. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. On 28 July 1944, the London Gazette published details of the DFM awarded to P/O Marks.
P/O D.J.Marks DFM(+), Sgt D.C.Fentiman(+), F/O G.N.Hammond(+), F/S J.A.Dunbar(+), Sgt D.McDonald(+), Sgt J.Cumming(+), Sgt P.H.Unwin(+).
(Crew on 30th op, probably shot down by Me110 of Major Lent IV/NJG1)
Left: The Flight Engineer, Douglas Fentiman