Comroe, Paul (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1941-November-18

Flight Sergeant Paul Comroe RCAF

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Harry Comroe

Spouse: Margaret Jennings Comroe of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/65640

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
Final Burial
Google MapCity Cemetery
Grave 6682A

Took off from Oakington at 14:58 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code MG-A Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb warships in Brest Harbour.

Returning to base the port outer engine caught fire and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing.

The aircraft overshot the landing and crashed one mile west of the Needingworth Road, Cambridge.

Killed includes Comroe: Flying Officer James Albert Lopez RAAF KIA Cambridge City Cemetery Grave 6762. Flying Officer John Thompson O'Brien RAF KIA Cambridge City Cemetery Grave 6441. Sergeant James Edward Rose RAF KIA Putney Vale Cemetery And Crematorium Block W. Grave 774.

Sergeant T J Ryder RAF and Sergeant J Devlin RAAF were injured in the crash; Sergeant M Sullivan was uninjured.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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