PL - James Edward Traill KIA

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Traill, James Edward (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-March-21

Canada

Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Home: Lanark, Ontario

Service
RCAF

Unit
161 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Liberate

Rank

Flying Officer

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers
J/87484
Prev: R/146680

161 (Special Duties) Squadron. Hudson III aircraft T 9445 NA-O lost near Sarnre, Belgium whilst engaged in a special operation NORVIC to drop an agent over Germany. J.E. Traill, Flight Lieutenant A.N. (Bob) Ferris, Warrant Officer Class 1 R.G. Hutton and Flight Lieutenant A.F. Penhale were killed. Addendum: - Hudson aircraft T 9445 NA-O was based at Tempsford in Bedfordshire and was to drop a SOE agent behind enemy lines at Remagen and blow up the railway lines at Betzdorf Wissen. The Germans were pouring men and supplies down this line to reinforce their front line so it was an important target. When the agent bailed out, the bag containing the explosives, which was attached to his leg, caught on the aircraft and was lost. He landed successfully but because he had no means of completing his task he had to abort the mission and return to Allied lines. The Hudson was on its way home when it was intercepted and shot down. It was subsequently proved that the Hudson was shot down by an American Air Force Black Widow night fighter aircraft. The Americans also shot down Hudson (FK 803 MA-N) of 161 squadron that night. Excerpt from Stirling Aircraft Association Photo Library, Fridaybridge, Eng. and provided by J.W. Smith of London, Ontario.

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Flying Officer James Edward Traill was exhumed and reburied.

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Lanark, Ontario

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Fraiture, Belgium

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CWG Cemetery
Joint grave 8 D 3-4

Hudson T9445

Warrant Officer 1st Class Hutton, Robert Gerald (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1945-March-21
CWG Cemetery, Heverlee, Brabant, Belgium

Flight Lieutenant Penhale, Allan Frayne (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-March-21
CWG Cemetery, Heverlee, Brabant, Belgium

Flying Officer Traill, James Edward (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-March-21
CWG Cemetery, Heverlee, Brabant, Belgium

Lockheed Hudson A-28 A-29 AT-18

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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last update: 2021-12-21 01:36:53

Hudson Mk. lll T9445

#161 (Special Duties) Squadron. Hudson III aircraft #T 9445 NA-O lost near Sarnre, Belgium whilst engaged in a special operation NORVIC to drop an agent over Germany.

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