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Ashby, John Anthony (Warrant Officer 2nd class)

Prisoner of War 1941-September-15

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Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Service
RCAF
Unit
35 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Uno Anima Agimus We Act with One Accord
Base
RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Rank
Warrant Officer 2nd class
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Service Numbers
R/63675

Took off from Linton-on-Ouse at 19:55 in Halifax Mk I (Sqn code TL-P Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.

Aircraft was hit by a searchlight, then flak and crashed at Gettdorf near Kiel, Germany.

Killed: Pilot Officer Harold Stanley Brown RAF pilot KIA Kiel War Cemetery grave 3. J. 6.

POWs: Warrant Officer Class 2 John Anthony Arnsby RCAF R/63675 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Squadron Leader John Henry Barrett RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Sidney Thomas Fisher RCAF R/58473 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Henry Edward Greene RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant James William Hays RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Reginald Shaw RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Henry Edward Green RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.

Target
Google MapHamburg Germany

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