War Service: 514 Squadron was part of 3 Group, RAF Bomber Command. It operated between September 1943 and August 1945, initially from RAF Foulsham, and then, from December 1943 onward, from RAF Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire. 437 aircrew were killed flying with the Squadron.
20-Jul-44 HK570 JI-P Homberg W/O Lassam Shot down, possibly by either Hptm. Heinz-Martin Hadeball, 3./NGr.10 , or Hptm. Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow, 1./NJG1. HK570 crashed at 0159 in the sea off the Dutch coast (presumably on return leg as the squadron aircraft bombed between 0119hrs and 0125hrs).
W/O JL Lassam (Pilot) KIA
Sgt WC Taylor (Navigator) KIA
Sgt WJ Anthony (Bomb Aimer) KIA
F/S AR Hope (WOP/Air) KIA
Sgt BH Cooper RCAF (MU Gunner) KIA
Sgt DP Manchul RCAF (Rear Gunner) KIA
F/S EJ Hack (Flight Engineer) KIA
