Connor, James Gibson (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-October-02

Flying Officer James Gibson Connor RCAF

Birth Date: 1911-August-04

Born:

Parents: James & Annie Connor

Spouse: Celia Connor, of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Home: Cleveland, Ohio, USA (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

51 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Swift And Sure

Base

RAF Snaith

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/22199

Home
Google MapCleveland, Ohio, USA (parents)
Target
Google MapGardening
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 173

Took off from Snaith at 17:57 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code MH-C Bomber Command) on a Gardening operation in the Baltic Sea.

Aircraft lost without trace, presumed to be from enemy action.

Killed: Flying Officer James Gibson Connor RCAF J/22199 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 173. Sergeant George Frederick Austin RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 141. Sergeant Edward Cecil Kent RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 155. Sergeant David Maclean RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 158. Sergeant Charles Storer Nelson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 160. Sergeant Albert Frederick Simpson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 164. Sergeant James Edwin Nixon RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 197.

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)