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1944-06-25 Sergeant - Evader | |
Lancaster Mk.I/III LM572 EAP | 49 (B) Sqn (RAF) |
Take-off: 22:11 | Target: Pommerval |
Took off from Fiskerton at 22:11 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: EA-P Bomber Command).
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Birth Date: unkown date (age )
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 |
Took off from Tuddenham at 21:35 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code WP-G Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb a strong point in the Normandy Battle Zone.
Hit by Flak and crashed at Clarbec (Calvados) 13 Km NNW of Lisieux.
Killed: F/Lt Leonard Arthur French RAF KIA Clarbec Churchyard, France
POWs: Sgt Denis Bernard Cassell RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia.
F/O D Reid RCAF J/25533 Evaded then POW camp not listed.Evaders: F/O Gordon Leslie Smith RAF Evader. F/Sgt H M Kiddie RCAF R/203424 Evader. F/Sgt R M Kiddie RCAF R/number Evader. Sgt C Gold RAF Evader. Sgt W J Henderson RAF Evader.
1944-06-25 Sergeant - Evader | |
Lancaster Mk.I/III LM572 EAP | 49 (B) Sqn (RAF) |
Take-off: 22:11 | Target: Pommerval |
Took off from Fiskerton at 22:11 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: EA-P Bomber Command).
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
Delivered to No. 90 Sqn Jun 1944. Missing on operation to Mar de Magne, Normandy 7/8 Aug 1944.