Botsford, Laurence Neill (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-February-05

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Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Charles P. & Mildred D. Botsford, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

502 (AS) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nihil Timeo I fear nothing

Base

RAF Docking

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

C/85726
Prev: R/89276

Home

Toronto, Ontario

Target

Anti-submarine patrol

Memorial Location

Runnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 249

502 Squadron (Nihil Timeo). Halifax aircraft HX175 failed to return from an anti-sub patrol, shot down by U763 over the Bay of Biscay.

Those killed: W/O Stanley Beaton RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 213. Pilot Officer Laurence Neill Botsford RCAF C/85726 KIA Runnymede Memoria, Panel 249. Flying Officer Francis Thomas Culling-Mannix RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 262. W/O Matthew James Fahey RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 213. Flying Officer Douglas Emerson Geldart RCAF J/23869 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 246. Sergeant Cyril Ostler RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 235. Flying Officer Denis Thomas Williamson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 210. Pilot Officer Edmund Leigh Woolcott RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 259.

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