Personnel Index - Detail
Name
OSBORNE
First Names
Raymond George
Rank
F/Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
1208875
Crew Position
Navigator
Age
21
Date of Death
27/04/1944
Cemetery
26/27 April, 1944; SCHWEINFURT:
Mosquitoes of 627 Squadron, Woodhall Spa, used 5 Group's low-level marking technique for the first time. The attempt was not accurate and much of the bombing fell outside Schweinfurt.
The squadron was to suffer the heavy loss of three crews this night: Flight Lieutenant Bob Armstrong DFC and crew were all killed and are buried alongside each other in the Durnbach War Cemetery in Germany.
Lancaster ND687 (EA-)
F/L R.G. Armstrong DFC Pilot (Killed)
Sgt D.E. Endean F/E (Killed)
F/S R.G. Osborne NAV (Killed)
Sgt S.F. Foster W/OP (Killed)
Sgt D.J. Cooper A/G (Killed)
W/O L.T. Kennedy RCAF B/A (Killed)
P/O T.H. Morris RCAF A/G (Killed)
Crew on their 5th operation