FO Fred Sim in Lancaster LM382 on Leipzig raid Feb 19/20, 1944
Sorry for not getting back to you but I moved and had to change my email and the rest is a long story so I won't bore you. The Catlin crew were tour expired after crash landing at Manston. Four were wounded, two seriously. This crew had been beat up that night with the FE ,Barry Wright, being awarded a CGM and the rest ethier the DFM or DFC. They had landed at Manston after being shot by two German fighters which were also shot down . They also had flown home from Mannheim on three engines earlier in 1943. In 1944 my dad was assigned to Staverton where he qualified as a bombing leader. In 1944 also he was married to a Welsh WAAF who came to Canada early in 1945 and he followed her back a few months later. You can read the crew stoy in 'Lancater at War II' by Garbutt and Goulding. The story is entitled 'Clap Hands For The Walking Dead' by the authors.
Neil Sim