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 Scampton at 20:07 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code DX-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Saint-Nazaire France.
Aircraft coned by searchlights and shot down by flak, during a raid on the Saint-Nazaire, France U-Boat pens.
Killed includes Hunter: Flight Sergeant Calvin Warren Dahl RCAF R/102105 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Pilot Officer Robert Leslie Pickup RAF 144185 Pilot KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Roland William Lea RAF 577749 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Arthur Eddie Bagley RAFVR 1236213 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant William Geoffrey Barnes RAFVR 1379802 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Tester RAFVR 1397311 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18.