Memorial to the McLennan's crew - the Graveley airfield, which they were trying to reach, was just over the sky line. The aircraft crashed and broke up in dense fog, the only survivor being the rear gunner Clair Nutting
Bennett & The Pathfinders
The McLenannan crew
Above: the only known photo of crew, taken by Walter Sheppard.
Crew photo L/R: Buck (not on the fatal trip), Cornwell, McLennan, Morrie Martin (not on trip), Halliwell, Schneider.
Right: Walter Sheppard
Above: the only known photo of crew, taken by Walter Sheppard.
Crew photo L/R: Buck (not on the fatal trip), Cornwell, McLennan, Morrie Martin (not on trip), Halliwell, Schneider.
Right: Walter Sheppard
CAPTAIN: MCLENNAN
LANCASTER: JB477
Base: Gransden Lodge. Crashed in dense fog on 16/17 December 1943
CREW
Pilot: P/O Burus Alexander McLennan, RCAF
Flight Engineer: Herbert Leonard Cornwell
Navigator: Walter Fitzgerald Sheppard
Bomb Aimer: Gordon Raymond Schneider, RCAF
W/Op: Eric Halliwell
Mid-Upper Gunner: Maurice Francis Victor Roobroeck, RCAF
Rear Gunner: Clair Nutting, RCAF
LANCASTER: JB477
Base: Gransden Lodge. Crashed in dense fog on 16/17 December 1943
CREW
Pilot: P/O Burus Alexander McLennan, RCAF
Flight Engineer: Herbert Leonard Cornwell
Navigator: Walter Fitzgerald Sheppard
Bomb Aimer: Gordon Raymond Schneider, RCAF
W/Op: Eric Halliwell
Mid-Upper Gunner: Maurice Francis Victor Roobroeck, RCAF
Rear Gunner: Clair Nutting, RCAF
CREW: Burus Alexander McLennan,
Herbert Leonard Cornwell, Walter Fitzgerald Sheppard, Gordon Raymond Schneider, Eric Halliwell, Maurice Francis Victor Roobroeck, Clair Nutting, RCAF
Herbert Leonard Cornwell, Walter Fitzgerald Sheppard, Gordon Raymond Schneider, Eric Halliwell, Maurice Francis Victor Roobroeck, Clair Nutting, RCAF
Data From Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
Name: McLENNAN, BURUS ALEXANDER
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 405 Sqdn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: J/20576
Additional information: Son of George William McLennan, and of Ruth McLennan, of White Rock, British Columbia, Canada. B.S.A. (University of Toronto).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14554.
Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Name: CORNWELL, HERBERT LEONARD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: 1723530
Additional information: Son of Stanley and Ada Florence Cornwell, of Bottisham; husband of Joan Cornwell, of Swaffham Bulbeck.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 4. Grave 404.
Cemetery: BOTTISHAM CEMETERY
Name: SHEPPARD, WALTER FITZGERALD
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flying Officer (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 405 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: J/14170
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14554A.
Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Name: SCHNEIDER, GORDON RAYMOND
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (Air Bomber)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 405 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: R/121528
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Emilie Schneider, of Bruderheim, Alberta, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14556.
Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Name: HALLIWELL, ERIC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: 1498721
Additional information: Son of Clifford and Mary Edith Halliwell, of Blackpool.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 99.
Cemetery: BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY
Name: ROOBROECK, MAURICE FRANCIS VICTOR
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 405 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: R/189695
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14559.
Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Name: McLENNAN, BURUS ALEXANDER
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 405 Sqdn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: J/20576
Additional information: Son of George William McLennan, and of Ruth McLennan, of White Rock, British Columbia, Canada. B.S.A. (University of Toronto).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14554.
Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Name: CORNWELL, HERBERT LEONARD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: 1723530
Additional information: Son of Stanley and Ada Florence Cornwell, of Bottisham; husband of Joan Cornwell, of Swaffham Bulbeck.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 4. Grave 404.
Cemetery: BOTTISHAM CEMETERY
Name: SHEPPARD, WALTER FITZGERALD
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flying Officer (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 405 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: J/14170
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14554A.
Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Name: SCHNEIDER, GORDON RAYMOND
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (Air Bomber)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 405 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: R/121528
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Emilie Schneider, of Bruderheim, Alberta, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14556.
Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Name: HALLIWELL, ERIC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: 1498721
Additional information: Son of Clifford and Mary Edith Halliwell, of Blackpool.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 99.
Cemetery: BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY
Name: ROOBROECK, MAURICE FRANCIS VICTOR
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 405 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: R/189695
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14559.
Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY