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Cantwell, Michael James Wallace (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-July-16

Birth Date: 1924-December-07 (age 19)

James W. Cantwell & Mary Ellen Cantwell

Home: Campbelltown, New Brunswick (Parents)

Service
RCAF
Unit
207 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Semper Paratus Always prepared
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/90372
Prev: R/201588

Took off from Spilsby at 22:14 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code EM-S Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb the railway junction at Nevers France.

Two RAF aircraft collided in mid-air over Mornay.

Killed includes Cantwell: Pilot Officer Frederick George Graham RCAF J/88399 KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 5. Flying Officer Edward Dalgleish RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Grave 5. Sergeant Joseph Harold Fellows RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Joint grave 2. Sergeant Richard Arthur Gaut RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 2. F/Lt George Leeson Jones RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Grave 1. Flying Officer Frank Reginald Tickle RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 6. Pilot Officer Barrington St. John Woollard RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Joint grave 2.

and Lancaster Mk I ME-851 PO-B 467Sqn: Flying Officer W B J Murphy RAF Sergeant E C W Goode RAF Flying Officer J A Ewen RAAF Flight Sergeant W H E Wright RAAF Flight Sergeant W Paul RAAF Flight Sergeant D A Paterson RAAF Flight Sergeant A M Jenkins RAAF.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapCampbelltown, New Brunswick (Parents)
Target
Google MapNevers France
Burial
Google MapCommunal Cemetery
Row A Grave 8

Lancaster ME807

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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Lancaster Mk.I ME807



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