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 Metheringham at 19:30 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code ZN-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to breach the Dortmund-Ems Canal North of Münster near Ladbergen.
Hit by flak, exploded and crashed 3km West of Ibbenburen near Schierloh Germany, 22:45.
Killed includes Levene: Flying Officer Gerald George Bryan RCAF J/29589 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 5. Flight Sergeant John Frederick William Clarke RCAF R/194623 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 3. Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin RCAF J/89163 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row B. Grave 15. Pilot Officer Henry Ian Shepherd RCAF J/89184 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 4. Flying Officer James Isaac RAF pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row B. Grave 16. Sergeant Richard Henry Julian RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 1.
POW: Flight Lieutenant Richard Henry Jones RAF POW Stalag Luft L3, Sagan & Belaria.