Mullins, James Doran (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-July-29

Pilot Officer James Doran Mullins RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of Walter D. and Cora A. Mullins, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly

Base

RAF Honington

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

2nd Pilot

Service Numbers

J/7067

Home
Google MapHalifax, Nova Scotia
Target
Google MapHamburg Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapMunicipal Cemetery at Stade, Germany near crash site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapBecklingen War Cemetery
12 G 5

Pilot Officer Mullins had been slightly injured on April 1, 1942 when a 20 Operational Training Unit Wellington Ic aircraft R 1760 lost a propeller and the pilot was forced to ditch in the sea

Unvetted Source Remembering James Doran Mullins - WWII

9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volamus) RAF Honington, Wellington III aircraft X 3475 WS-P was coned by searchlights of the 1-3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 119 and 3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610, and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak while on an operation to Hamburg, crashing at the Panzer barracks at Neugraben-Fischbek, near Stade, Germany

There were two 9 Squadron Wellington III aircraft lost on this mission. Please see aircraft serial X 3606 for casualty list and details on this aircraft

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Unvetted Source Hamburg I Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Wellington X3475

Pilot Officer George Albert Cooper RCAF

Pilot Officer Cooper, George Albert (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Pilot Officer Robert Oswald Cordall RAFVR

Pilot Officer Cordall, Robert Oswald (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Pilot Officer Maurice Walter Groves RAFVR

Pilot Officer Groves, Maurice Walter (RAFVR)
Observer
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Flight Sergeant Edward James Henry Gurr RCAF

Flight Sergeant Gurr, Edward James Henry (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Sergeant John Cyril Highfield RAFVR

Sergeant Highfield, John Cyril (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Pilot Officer James Doran Mullins RCAF

Pilot Officer Mullins, James Doran (RCAF)
2nd Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-July-29
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany

Mission

Wellington Mk. III X3475

Bombing Hamburg Germany 1942-July-28 to 1942-July-29

9 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Honington

9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volamus) RAF Honington, Wellington III aircraft X 3475 WS-P was coned by searchlights of the 1-3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 119 and 3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610, and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak while on an operation to Hamburg, crashing at the Panzer barracks at Neugraben-Fischbek, near Stade, Germany

There were two 9 Squadron Wellington III aircraft lost on this mission. Please see aircraft serial X 3606 WS-M for casualty list and details on this aircraft

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Unvetted Source Hamburg I Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network