LEST WE FORGET
Air Operations (No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft NS943), Germany, 23 April 1945
Mosquito NS943 took off from Melsbroek, Belgium, at 2147 hours on the night of 23/24th April 1945, as part of a Squadron force of 12 aircraft detailed to carry out night intruder operations in the Sternberg area including bombing Bremen on MRCP and bomb and strafe railway junctions, trains, engines, sidings, villages. NS943 failed to return from the mission. It was later learned that both members of the crew had lost their lives and are buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
The crew members of NS943 were:
Flying Officer Peter Joseph Baker (J/36574) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Conrad Albert Lee (J/46470) (RCAF) (Navigator)
No. 464 Squadron lost Mosquito TA372 on 24 April 1945 with both crew members evading capture.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) and Leon Kane-Maguire The Gestapo Hunters: 464 Squadron RAAF 1942-5, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 1999
Vincent, D. (David) Mosquito Monograph: A history of Mosquitoes in Australia and RAAF operations, David Vincent Highbury SA 5089, 1982