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 |
Whitley Mk V Z-9424
Took off from Dishforth at 17:58 in Whitley Mk V (Sqn code MH-R Bomber Command) on an operation to Emden, Germany.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Rottevalle, Friesland Holland.
Killed includes White: Flight Sergeant Sidney Clarence Camp RCAF R/71752 KIA Rottevalle Smallingerland Protestant Cemetery, Holland, Row 5 Grave 23 Sergeant Eric John Richards RAF 1162205 KIA Rottevalle Smallingerland Protestant Cemetery, Holland. Row 5. Grave 24.
POWs: Sergeant Gerard Sinclair Booth RAF 1105939 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant William Douglas Muirhead RAF 988131 POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels. Sergeant Henry Conway Needham RAF1193496 POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels.