Tasker, Brian Stanley
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Brian Stanley |
Surname | Tasker |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 09-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Reginald Alexander and Elsie Olive Tasker, of Torrensville, South Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ME443 |
Markings | QR-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Poland |
Burial/Memorial Place | Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. B. 9-10. |
Epitaph | HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. LOVED BY ALL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 104 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 437172 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Squadron Motto | Per puram tonantes (Thundering through the clear air) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Miscellaneous Information
Many sources quote this aircraft as PB759 which was the previous bearer of the callsign QR-N. Its fate in unclear but does not seem to have been as a result of operations. This error originates in the ORB. |
P/O Walker, the Navigator, who became a PoW, reported “ The aircraft was hit over the target. I saw McKenzie leave his seat and clip on his chute and think he must have attempted to get the Mid Upper or Rear Gunner out but left it too late. The aircraft was on fire and might have gone into the Baltic Sea. Boobyer and McKnight baled out before me. McNight was not injured in the attack and he left by the rear exit. He saw Tasker preparing to bale out.” |
This was the aircraft's first operational sortie. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/580/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/580/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-02-1945 |
End Date | 09-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (17% moon) |
Operation | Politz synthetic oil plant |
Reason for Loss | Cause of loss not established |