Collett, Russell Thomas Joshua (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1942-September-20

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Russell Thomas Joshua Collett RCAF

Birth Date: 1914

Born:

Parents: Stanley & of Minnie Collett (nee Pascoe).

Spouse: Aurore E. Collett (nee Ferrier) of Ste. Marguerite Station, Quebec.

Home: Agathe Des Monts, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

214 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ultor In Umbris Avenging in the shadows

Base

RAF Stradishall

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/77329

Home
Google MapAgathe Des Monts, Quebec
Target
Google MapMunich Germany
Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 6 Row J Grave 4

Took off from Stradishall at 20:20 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code BU-U Bomber Command) on an operation to Munich Germany.

Aircraft shot down in the target area (means not found) and crashed at Hader, Germany.

Killed includes Collett: Sergeant Colin Leslie Hanna RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 6. J. 1. Sergeant James Holland RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 6. J. 2. Flying Officer Clifford John Whittingham RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 6. J. 3.

POWs: Flying Officer Gordon William Findlay RCAF J/15422 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria Flight Sergeant William Martin Thompson RCAF R/72183 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. WO Patrick Joseph McNamara RAF POW Stalag Luft L4 Sagan and Belaria.

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)