Birth Date: 1911 (age 33)
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 Waterbeach at 23:15 in Lancaster II (Sqn code JI-D Bomber Command) on an operation to Dussledorf, Germany.
Aircraft DS-828 was likely shot down by flak, but could possibly have been involved in a mid-air collision with another 514 Sqn Lancaster DS- 669 during night operations against Dusseldorf, Germany.
Killed includes Constable: Pilot Officer Colin Alexander Campbell RCAF J/89445 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row C. Grave 9. Pilot Officer Wallace Lawrence Granbois RCAF J/89454 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row D. Grave 13. Flight Sergeant John Gordon Hudson RNZAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 264 Sergeant Geoffrey Goddard RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row C. Grave 4. Sergeant Graham Randall Jones RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row C. Grave 2. WO Henry Thomas Rolph RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 214.