No.576 Squadron, 'B' Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire.
Flew one operation as part of the M R Attwood crew (see Flights)

Lancaster

Enlisted in Oxford or Gloucester (tbc) as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), mustering as Air Crew Hand (ACH) Pilot. Recommended for training as Pilot / Wireless Operator / Air Gunner. Age 23.

No.81 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Ashbourne, Derbyshire, joining the M R Attwater crew.

Wellington

No.1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire.

No.100 Squadron, 'C' Flight, Waltham, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Flew 11 operations as part of the M R Attwater crew:
30 Aug 43 - Monchengladbach
31 Aug 43 - Berlin
03 Sep 43 - Berlin
05 Sep 43 - Mannheim
06 Sep 43 - Munich
22 Sep 43 - Hanover; landed at Lindholme
27 Sep 43 - Hanover
29 Sep 43 - Bochum
01 Oct 43 - Hagen
02 Oct 43 - Munich
04 Oct 43 - Ludwigshafen

Lancaster

No.625 Squadron, '?' Flight, Kelstern, Lincolnshire
Flew 1 operation as part of the M R Attwater crew:
18 Oct 43 - Hanover

Lancaster

No.103 Squadron, 'C' Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire
Flew 4 operations as part of the M R Attwater crew:
03 Nov 43 - Dusseldorf
10 Nov 43 - Modane
23 Nov 43 - Berlin
26 Nov 43 - Berlin

Lancaster

The prisoners marched for three days westwards to Wurzen, on the banks of the River Mulde, a distance of about 50 kilometres. Here they crossed the river and made contact with American troops on the west bank on 08 May. Then taken to an American Personnel Despatch Centre somewhere in Germany (location not known)

Called up to No.1 Recruiting Centre (RC), Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales.

No.7 Recruit Centre (RC), 28 Flight, Morecambe, Lancashire

No.1 Receiving Wing (RW), Northcliffe Hotel, Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon

No.7 Initial Training Wing (ITW), Bellavista Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall.

Promoted to Leading Aircraftsman (LAC), remustering as Pilot Under Training (U/T Pilot).

No.51 (Training Group Pool (A), Moorfield House, Headingly, Leeds, Yorkshire; probably for pilot aptitude testing

Remustered as Air Crew Hand, Motor Boat Crew (Under Training) (ACH U/T MBC), and re-ranked as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2).

No.1 Marine Craft Training and Support Unit (MCTSU), Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon

No.1 Marine Craft Training School (MCTS), Calshot, Hampshire

Promoted to Aircraftman First Class (AC1), re-mustering as Motor Boat (MB) Crew, class 3

No.4 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit, Wick, Caithness, Scotland

Warwick (Air/Sea Rescue) Training Unit, Bircham Newton, Norfolk

No.2 Personnel Despatch Centre (PDC), Morecambe, Lancashire. Precise date not known.

Returned to the Air/Sea Rescue Training Unit (ASRTU), Bircham Newton, Norfolk

Attached to the Marine Craft Section (Ferry Pool) tbc, Calshot, Hampshire

No.48 Air/Sea Rescue Unit (High Speed Launch), Tenby, Pembrokeshire

Air Crew Despatch Centre (ACDC), Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire

Re-mustered as Motor Boat Crew / Under Training Air Gunner (MBC/UT/AG)

14 Initial Training Wing (ITW), Bridlington, Yorkshire

Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC) - tbc

No.7 Air Gunnery School (AGS), Stormy Down, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales

Anson

Awarded Air Gunner's (AG) flying badge and promoted to Sergeant, re-mustering as Air Gunner

Attached to No.1481 (Bomber Gunnery) Flight, Binbrook, Lincolnshire

Wellington

Returned to No.1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire

Lancaster

Shot down at 0250 at 5,500m by nightfighter flown by Oblt. Paul Zorner in his Bf-110 of 8./NJG3, the first of three Lancasters claimed by Zorner that night. Crashed at 0303 in deep snow in a thickly wooded area near Hanover, east of Giessen. Lanxon landed close to the crashed Lancaster, very slightly wounded, and the two other crewmen who had safely baled out. He helped release Morris (AB) from a tree with the other survivor, Woodruff (Nav).
Lanxon had lost his flying boots which had been ripped off when his parachute opened and they were all exhausted from the cold (and loss of blood for Morris) so they were forced finally to give themselves up to a local woodcutter after being at large for about 24 hrs. By now Morris was unable to walk so he was taken with the others to a police station near Fulda in a goat cart, where they were all detained.
The three were held overnight before being collected by the Luftwaffe

Taken by the Luftwaffe for interrogation at Dulag Luft, Oberursel, Frankfurt

Arrived at Stalag IV-B at Muhlberg in Saxony, as POW No.269785

Awarded 1st Good Conduct badge

Promoted to Flight Sergeant

Stalag IV-B was 'liberated' by the Soviet Army

Promoted to Warrant Officer

Interrogated by Allied Intelligence

Taken to Juvincourt aerodrome in France for repatriation. Here he boarded a Lancaster, probably of 35 Squadron, for an Operation 'EXODUS' flight to Wing, Buckinghamshire with 25 other POWs

Officially notified as 'safe' in the UK

No.106 Personnel Reception Centre (PRC), Cosford, Staffordshire

No.104 Personnel Despatch Centre (PDC), Hednesford, Staffordshire, and released from Service

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