15 Squadron (Aim Sure) Stirling I aircraft BF 329 LS-A was shot down over Belgium outward-bound, by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Kurt Martinek of the 9/NJG 4, who had taken off from Juvincourt airfield in France. The Stirling crashed in the Bois de Roly woods SE of Romedenne, Philippeville, province of Namur, Belgium.
Sergeant LJ Blackmore (RAFVR)(Nfld), Pilot Officer J.L. Sturgess (RCAF), Sergeant OT Jeans (RAFVR)(Nfld), Sergeant R Helyar (RAFVR), Sergeant T Shoesmith (RAFVR) and FS K McAusland (RAFVR) killed, Sergeant PD Goodbourne (RAFVR) taken Prisoner of War. There is a memorial at the crash site.
Blackmore, Lester John (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1942-August-13
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Bertram Ronald and Nellie Florence Blackmore
Spouse:
Home: Clarenville, Newfoundland (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
15 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure
Base
RAF Bourn
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
798552
Target
Mainz Germany
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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