1942 September Quarter death registration-
Name: Colbran, Lester O.---Age: 23
District: Acle (Volume & Page: 4b & 47)
Vickers Wellington III (#BJ724) KO-P aircraft of 115 Squadron took flight from RAF Marham at 2014 hours on an operation over Duisburg in Germany. Sudden ignition of the photo-flash, used for night photography, resulted in an explosion on board the aircraft; the explosion caused the Wellington to crash at Blofield, about 6 miles east of Norwich. Four of the aircrew lost their lives as a result of the crash; three perished in the crash and although the pilot, Flight Segeant Lanceley, survived the crash he died from his severe injuries within 48 hours.
The casualties of this aircraft accident were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Lester Owen COLBRAN,
RCAF Sergeant Melvin Ralph CONSTABLE,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Henry LANCELEY and
RCAF Sergeant Stanley Walter SCOTT.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner/Navigator/Bomber
Service Number: R/96163
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: 'Despite the elements']
Son of Simon J. Colbran and M. Violet Colbran of Maxville, Ontario, Canada; brother of Henry and Robert Colbran.
Flight Sergeant Lester Owen Colbran is commemorated on Page 65 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
1942 September Quarter death registration-
Name: Colbran, Lester O.---Age: 23
District: Acle (Volume & Page: 4b & 47)
Vickers Wellington III (#BJ724) KO-P aircraft of 115 Squadron took flight from RAF Marham at 2014 hours on an operation over Duisburg in Germany. Sudden ignition of the photo-flash, used for night photography, resulted in an explosion on board the aircraft; the explosion caused the Wellington to crash at Blofield, about 6 miles east of Norwich. Four of the aircrew lost their lives as a result of the crash; three perished in the crash and although the pilot, Flight Segeant Lanceley, survived the crash he died from his severe injuries within 48 hours.
The casualties of this aircraft accident were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Lester Owen COLBRAN,
RCAF Sergeant Melvin Ralph CONSTABLE,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Henry LANCELEY and
RCAF Sergeant Stanley Walter SCOTT.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner/Navigator/Bomber
Service Number: R/96163
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: 'Despite the elements']
Son of Simon J. Colbran and M. Violet Colbran of Maxville, Ontario, Canada; brother of Henry and Robert Colbran.
Flight Sergeant Lester Owen Colbran is commemorated on Page 65 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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