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Collingwood, Joseph Vincent (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-October-23

Birth Date: 1913 (age 31)

Edwin Joseph & Catherine Collingwood

Home: Ottawa, Ontario (parents)

Service
RCAF
Unit
625 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Avenge
Base
RAF Kelstern
Rank
Flying 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
Navigator
Service Numbers
J/38766

Took off from Kelstern at 16:08 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code CF-G Bomber Command) on an operation to Essen Germany.

Aircraft damaged leaving the target (cause not found) and crashed near Harrowgate, Yorkshire.

killed includes Collingwood Pilot Officer Robert Howard Armstrong RCAF J/92624 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Harrowgate Sec. H. Row B. Grave 11. Sergeant John Allan McKendry RCAF R/173301 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. H. Row B. Grave 9. Sergeant Desmond R. Smith RCAF R/150932 KIA Air Gunner Lancaster BI PA174 IBCC [RCAF] 1944-10-23 Stonefall Cemetery Sec. H. Row B. Grave 10. Pilot Officer Lloyd Allan Tweter RCAF J/89394 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. H. Row B. Grave 12. Sergeant Lewis Ivor Davies RAF KIA Trealaw Cemetery Plot X. Grave 342. Sergeant Sidney Roy Gilpin RAF KIA Cambridge City Cemetery Grave 15150.

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Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapEssen Germany
Burial
Google MapStonefall Cemetery
grave Sec H Row B Grave 8

Lancaster PA174

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 PA174

UMRAF RoundelG
With No. 626 Sqn (UM-G). Crashed in poor visibility and burned at Clacton on return from Essen 23 Oct 1944

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