Cass, Evan Wallace (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-June-13

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Birth Date: 1922

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Home: Westmount, Quebec

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

578 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Accuracy

Base

Burn

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

1337722

Target
Google MapAmiens France
Final Burial
Google MapCommunal Cemetery
Grave 2

Took off from Burn at 23:31 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code LK-B Bomber Command) to bomb rail communications in France.

Home-bound shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 02:00 to the NE of Thieux (Oise) 11 km SSE of Breteuil France.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Sydney Evan Wallace Cass RAF KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 2. Sergeant Geoffrey Raymond Deeley RAF KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 4. Pilot Officer George Caithness Lawrence RAF KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 5. Pilot Officer Clifford Newton RAF pilot KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 1. Pilot Officer William Renton RAF KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 3.

Evaders: Sergeant R A Hollocks RAF Evader. Sergeant J B Reid RAF Evader.