Lancaster EE132 took off from RAF Binbrook at 1940 hours on 3 September 1943 to attack Berlin. The bomb load was 1 x 4000 lb (pound) (1,800 kg) bomb, 48 x 30 lb (14 kg) and 690 x 4 lb (2 kg) incendiaries. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed on 3 September and exploded on impact near the village of Benschop, which is approximately 40 kms south of Amsterdam. The crew members of EE132 were: Sergeant Robert Leslie Freeman (1315706) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner) Sergeant J B Hilton (1558783) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner) PoW Sergeant Thomas Oswald Steele McCulloch (984102) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer) Flight Sergeant Robert Barr McPhan (413788) (Pilot) Sergeant Michael John Christopher Simpson (1601327) (RAFVR) (Navigator) Flight Sergeant John Andrew Spence (421135) (Bomb Aimer) Flight Sergeant Albert Adrian Stobart (408934) (Air Gunner) PoW, Discharged from the RAAF: 18 January 1946 Held Stalag Luft III then Stalag IVB POW number 222783 RTA