Montreal, Quebec (parents)576 Squadron (Carpe Diem). Target - Wemaers Cappel, France.
Took off from Elsham Woods at 19:24 to attack the flying-bomb facility at Wemaers-Cappel France.
The bomber came down in the Channel off Ambleteuse France. Those killed were buried in different cemeteries because the bodies were washed ashore at different times and different places.
Killed includes Backler: Flight Sergeant Francis Allen RAF KIA Calais Southern Cemetery France Plot S. Grave 3. Flying Officer Ernest Augustus Duerr RAF KIA Calais Southern Cemetery France Plot S. Grave 4. Flight Sergeant Lloyd L. Johnston RCAF R/188969 KIA Calais Canadian War Cemetery France grave 4. G. 7. Sergeant Leonard Maiden RAF KIA Marquise Communal Cemetery France Plot 2. Row C. Grave 9.
POWs: Flying Officer James Andrew Armstrong RCAF J/35029 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. F/Lt Reginald Bibby RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
