Cadger, William John (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-March-31

Flight Sergeant William John Cadger RCAF

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: John B. & Sara E. Cadger, of Maple Glen, New Brunswick.

Spouse:

Home: Newcastle, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

RAF Tain

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/64713

Home
Google MapNewcastle, New Brunswick
Target
Google MapTirpitz Battleship Norway
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 103

Took off from Tain in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code MP-K Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb the battleship 'Tirpitz'.

Believed to have run out of fuel and ditched in the sea off Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands. There were no survivors.

Killed includes Cadger: Pilot Officer Norman Frederick Bowsher RCAF J/5797 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 100. Flight Sergeant Leonard Watson Fletcher RCAF R/57839 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 103. Sergeant Leonard William Hanson RAAF Runnymede Memorial Panel 112. Squadron Leader Arthur Patrick Burdett RAF KIA Lerwick New Cemetery Terrace 7B. Grave 6. Sergeant Stanley Davis RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 81. Sergeant Dennis Clifford Martin RAF Runnymede Memorial Panel 89.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)