Birth Date: 1922 (age 22)
Born: Auckland, New Zealand
Home: Auckland New Zealand
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 Mk II (Sqn code JI-D Bomber Command on an operation to Dusseldorf 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 II DS 669 during night operations against Dusseldorf, Germany.
Killed includes Hudson: 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 grave 7. D. 13. 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.