Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)
Decorations: Distinguished Flying Medal
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 |
The aircraft failed to return from an anti-submarine patrol over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France.
Thee crew members were casualties in the crash and their bodies were not recovered. They are listed on the Runnymede Memorial: Sergeant Brian Frederick Bushell RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 79. Sergeant William Green RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 84. Flight Sergeant James Douglas Shaw RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial
Three of the crew were picked from the wreckage and made POWs: W/O Maurice Ernest Robison RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Flying Officer Harold Erwin Sullivan RCAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria W/O2 Harry Freeman Tice RCAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf