Christy, Elmo Foster (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-August-10

Pilot Officer Elmo Foster Christy RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-March-10

Born:

Parents: Son of Foster Judson and Ethel Lucretia Christy, of Bloomfield, Ontario. Grandson of Annie Castoria Christy.

Spouse:

Home: Wellington, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

619 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Altiora To higher things

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/89086
Prev: R/212615

Home
Google MapWellington, Ontario
Target
Google MapChatellerault France
Final Burial
Google MapCommunal Cemetery
Mil Plot Row 1 Grave 1

Took off from Dunholme Lodge at 20:52 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code PG-W Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb storage dumps in the La Forêt de Châtellerault France.

Lancaster ME-866 lost in a mid-air collision during the trip with Lancaster LM-435.

Killed in ME-866 includes Christy: Sergeant Edward Leslie Colley RAF KIA Thure Communal Cemetery France : Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. grave 3-8. Flying Officer Lawrence Ambrose Hall RAF KIA Thure Communal Cemetery Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. grave 3-8. Flight Sergeant Albert William Pope RAF KIA Thure Communal Cemetery Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. grave 3-8. Flight Sergeant Robert Smellie RAF KIA Thure Communal Cemetery Mil. Plot. Row 1. Grave 2. Sergeant Archibald William Taylor RAF KIA Thure Communal Cemetery Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. grave 3-8.

Evader: Pilot Officer H J Cleland RAF Evader.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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