Middle Stewiacke, Coldchester County, N.S.(parents)Took off from Fiskerton at 19:52 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code EA-P Bomber Command) on an operation to Essen Germany.
Shot down by a night fighter and exploded on impact and burst into flames at Ahrbrück 19 km WSW of Silzig Germany.
Killed: Pilot Officer George Edward Chute RCAF J/89451 KIARheinberg War Cemetery grave 9. E. 11. Flight Sergeant Percy Hardy Simonson RCAF R/178580 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 9. E. 9. Sergeant Clifford Bailey RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Joint grave 9. E. 13-14. Sergeant Ronald William Beresford RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 9. E. 8. Pilot Officer Harold Seth Hodgson RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 9. E. 10. Sergeant William Patrick Larvin RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Joint grave 9. E. 13-14. Sergeant Reginald Millins RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 9. E. 12.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)