Memorial Lancaster "Lily Mars"

Lancaster LL678 (A2-L) named `Lily Mars` was airborne 23:12 hrs 12 June 1944 from Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, for an operation against Gelsenkirchen, Germany. On its return from a successful operation, it was shot down by a night-fighter, flown by Oberleutnant Dietrich Schmidt, 11. Staffel/Nacht jagdgeschwader. The plane crashed at 01:24 hrs on 13 June at Zuid Loo (Overijssel), a small hamlet 3 km SE of Bathmen, Holland. Three of the crew evaded capture and the other five were killed in the incident.

Crew: 514 Squadron, RAF Waterbeach:
P/O HS Delacour (Australian) - Killed
F/O Roy Picton (British) - Killed
F/S Don Savage (British) - Killed
F/S George Palamountain (British) - Survived
Sgt Spurgeon Williams (Canadian) - Survived
Sgt Albert Benham (British) - Killed
Sgt Gerald Martin (British) - Survived
Observer: P/O S A Phillips (Canadian) - Killed

The victims are buried on the General cemetery in Bathmen.

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Source

• Text: Frans Hendriks
• Photos: Frans Hendriks
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