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 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: Flight Sergeant Sydney Clarence Camp, RCAF R/71752 KIA Rottevalle Smallingerland Protestant Cemetery, Holland, Row 5 Grave 23. Sergeant Eric John Richards RAF KIA (1162205) Pilot Rottevalle Smallingerland Protestant Cemetery, Holland, Row 5. Grave 24. Sergeant Reginald James White RAF KIA 624058 KIA Rottevalle Smallingerland Protestant Cemetery, Holland, Row 5. Grave 25.
POWs includes Booth: Sergeant William Douglas Muirhead RAF 988131 POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels. Sergeant Henry Conway Needham RAF1193496 POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels.