Monument Lancaster LM465 LS-U

This memorial commemorates the crew of Lancaster LM 465 LS-U of No. 15 Squadron, which crashed here on the night of 12-13 June 1944. Six of the seven crew members were killed. The seventh was able to return to England with the help of the resistance.

Lancaster III LM465 – 15 Sqdn – 13 June 1944

Took off 2315 12 June 1944 from Mildenhall. Intercepted and shot down by a night-fighter crashing 2 km SW of Meerlo.

Crew buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery

Sergeant Maurice Bernard PELHAM (1890440) Flight Engineer RAF 12. C. 1.

Sergeant Richard Sidney MOBBS (1874047) Air Gunner RAF 12. C. 2.

Sergeant Thomas Edward STUBBS (1805250) Air Gunner RAF 12. C. 3.

Pilot Officer Carlton Stewart THOMPSON (J/86074) Pilot RCAF 12. C. 4.

Warrant Officer Class II Roderick McMILLAN (R/143734) Navigator RCAF 12. C. 5.

Warrant Officer Class II Ronald George LEMKY (R/162667) Air Bomber RCAF 12. C. 6.

Radio operator Jack Trend managed to get to safety at the nearest farm. There he received help from the local resistance. Five days later he was able to return to his base in England. After the liberation, the remains of the victims were reburied in the British Military War Cemetery Jonkerbos near Nijmegen.