Hello, I am new to the list and am researching the aircrew of No. 405 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron of WW2. This was the first R.C.A.F. Pathfinder squadron flying a Canadian-built Lancaster bomber (PB477, call letters: LQ-B) and was part of No. 156 Squadron Pathfinder Force (Group 8). This was an elite core of men. PB477 was shot down the night of 02 January 1945 over Rohrau, near the small town of Nufringen, Germany, on its way back to base following a successful raid on Nuremberg. Of the 7-man crew aboard this flight, 5 died; the remaining 2 members of the crew managed to parachute to safety only to be captured the following day by the Germans and interned in Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. My uncle also lost his life aboard this flight. The remains of the dead airmen were removed from Rohrau and later buried in Durnbach War Cemetery in Bayern. The crew was comprised of 3 Brits, 1 Australian and 3 Canadians. One of the men who was killed was W/C Kenneth John Lawson. He was born 24 March 1913 in Brentford Middlesex and was the son of Frederick John Lawson and Beatrice Mary (née Hall) of Ealing. Records I have show that K. J. Lawson gave his home as Ealing. Although I have quite a bit of information regarding this crew and the various squadrons they flew with, I have scant “personal” information on Lawson. I am wondering if anyone on this list knows anything about him and/or his family or maybe even related to him. I am also looking for a picture of him. R.A.F. records are classified material and there are three sets of records I would need to order from Archives….a bit on the expensive side. I would be so grateful for any help. Dorothy Ottawa, Canada