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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 Skipton-on-Swale at 21:35 on an operation to Nurnberg.
Shot down by a night- fighter outbound crashing at Alten-Buseck a smallish town some 6 km NE from the centre of Giessen.
Killed: P/O Robert James Atkins RCAF J/88345 KIA Hanover War Cemetery Ref : 6. D. 17. Sgt John Stanley Bolton RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Ref : 6. D. 14. F/Sgt Alfred Hirst Crossland RCAF R/161229 KIA Hanover War Cemetery Ref : 6. D. 15. F/O John Doig RCAF J/16112 Pilot KIA Hanover War Cemetery Ref : 6. D. 13. Sgt Thomas James Rogers RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Ref : 6. D. 16. Sgt Donald Stewart RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Ref : 6. D. 18.
POWs: F/O John Ross Marsh RCAF J/20714 POW camp not listed.