Cantwell, Michael James Wallace (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-July-16

Pilot Officer Michael James Wallace Cantwell RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-December-07

Born:

Parents: James W. Cantwell & Mary Ellen Cantwell

Spouse:

Home: Campbelltown, New Brunswick (Parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

207 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Semper Paratus Always prepared

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/90372
Prev: R/201588

Target
Google MapNevers France
Final Burial
Google MapCommunal Cemetery
Row A Grave 8

Took off from Spilsby at 22:14 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code EM-S Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb the railway junction at Nevers France.

Two RAF aircraft collided in mid-air over Mornay.

Killed includes Cantwell: Pilot Officer Frederick George Graham RCAF J/88399 KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 5. Flying Officer Edward Dalgleish RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Grave 5. Sergeant Joseph Harold Fellows RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Joint grave 2. Sergeant Richard Arthur Gaut RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 2. F/Lt George Leeson Jones RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Grave 1. Flying Officer Frank Reginald Tickle RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 6. Pilot Officer Barrington St. John Woollard RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Joint grave 2.

and Lancaster Mk I ME-851 PO-B 467Sqn: Flying Officer W B J Murphy RAF Sergeant E C W Goode RAF Flying Officer J A Ewen RAAF Flight Sergeant W H E Wright RAAF Flight Sergeant W Paul RAAF Flight Sergeant D A Paterson RAAF Flight Sergeant A M Jenkins RAAF.

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I ME807

Bombing 1944-July-16 to 1944-July-16

207 (B) Sqn (RAF)