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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 |
Sparks was the only survivor of the crash of the Halifax (POW). when It was shot down in the Widony area of Hungary, on the outbound leg of a raid to bomb the Szony Oil Refinery. The actual crash location was near Lajosmize, 45 km SE of Budapest.
The crew: P/O Thomas Bernard Sparrow RCAF KIA Malta Memorial, Malta. F/O Samuel Noah Kwinter RCAF KIA Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary F/Sgt Norman Stuart Yates RCAF KIA Malta Memorial F/Sgt Douglas James Heath RCAF KIA Malta Memorial F/Sgt John Graham Evans RAF KIA Malta Memorial