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Graham, George Robert (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1945-February-21

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Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Service
RCAF
Unit
223 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Alae Defendunt Africam Wings defend Africa
Base
RAF Oulton
Rank
Flight Sergeant
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
air gunner
Service Numbers
R/213704

Took off from Oulton at 22:36 in Liberator Mk VI (Sqn code: 6G-J Bomber Command) on a Radio Counter Measures mission (dropping chaff) in the direction of Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed SE of Dortmund, Germany.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Desmond Bryant RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Plot VII. Row E. Grave 6., Holland. Flight Sergeant John Henry Kendall RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Plot VII. Row E. Grave 5. Flying Officer John Willard Thompson RCAF J/38084 KIA Pilot Venray War Cemetery Plot VII. Roiw E. Grave 1. Sergeant Edwin Eric Whittaker RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Plot VII. Row E. Grave 3. Flight Sergeant Ronald Mark Wood RCAF R/176382 KIA Venray War Cemetery Plot VII. Row E. Grave 4. Flight Sergeant Ronald Wynn RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Plot VII. Row E. Grave 2.

POWs (includes Graham) all were kept in hospital until liberation in May, 1945: F/Sg. Brian Maxwell RCAF R/191140 POW W/O William Francis Baker RAF POW. W/O Ronald Albert Victor Palmer RAF POW. Flying Officer Ronald Walter Johnson RAF POW injured and confined to hospital until liberation..

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