97 Sqn (Achieve Your Aim) RAF Woodhall Spa, Lancaster I aircraft R 5497 OF-Z failed to return from operations to Neustadt, Germany, likely shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt Hans-Joachim Jabs 11/NJG1, crashing into the sea 5km West of Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.
Pilot Officer JE Bunt (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 RS Donald (RCAF), Sergeant WC Morgan (RAF), FS JS Macks (RAFVR), Sergeant CA Farrimond (RAFVR), Sergeant JG Liney (RAFVR) and FS JG Hebdon (RAFVR) missing, presumed killed. They are all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial.
Detail from aviation-safety.net
Bunt, James Edward (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1942-December-18
Birth Date: 1919-June-08
Born:
Parents: James Russell Bunt & Florence Audrey Bunt
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
97 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Achieve Your Aim
Base
RAF Woodhall Spa
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/16565
Prev: R/85673
Target
Neustadt Germany
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)