Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)
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 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.