William James Cruse Turner                                                                Updated: 22 NOV 2021

Airman: e777265.htm Surname: Turner Init: WJC Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 44

P_link: p403.htm Plane: LAN NG396 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The Baltic Sea

Crash_d: d070345 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 7. marts 1945 styrtede LAN NG396 i Østersøen i forbindelse med et bombetogt til Sassnitz. Hele besætningen omkom. (Kilde: p403MACR)

6 flyvere blev meldt savnet.

Flight Sergeant William James Cruse Turner var fra United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 273 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

7 flyvere.

On 7 March 1945 LAN NG396 crashed into the Baltic Sea in connection with a bombing raid on Sassnitz. All of the crew perished. (Source: p403MACR)

6 airmen were reported Missing in Action.

Flight Sergeant William James Cruse Turner was from the United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 273, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 109. 

See No. 44 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia*History of No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron* No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron Association*No. 44 Squadron (RAF): Second World War
RAF-Lincolnshire.info: 44 Squadron * Lancaster * Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster I NG396 KM-G took off from RAF Spilsby at 18:31 on 06 MAR 1945. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 7 airmen.