LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Clarence Lloyd GYNTHER
Service No: 22067
Born: Brisbane QLD, 25 September 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 April 1940
Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Warboys
Died: Air Operations: (No. 156 Squadron Lancaster aircraft JB476), Germany, 2 January 1944, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Isabella Maud Gynther, of Mundah, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0038 hours on the morning of 2 January 1944 Lancaster JB476 took off from Warboys detailed to bomb Berlin. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was lost and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of JB476 were:
Flying Officer Thomas Docherty (125501) (RAF) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer Leslie Frank Gill (53946) (RAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Clarence Lloyd Gynther (22067) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant William Lumsden DFM (1061816) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Jack Murray (1502110) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer William Raper (9361) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer William Alfred Robertson (412190) (Air Bomber)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/16/249