Corrie, Glen Howard (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Action 1943-February-28

Warrant Officer 2 Glen Howard Corrie RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-June-17

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Home: Stratford, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

83 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike To Defend

Base

RAF Wyton

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/78953

Home
Google MapStratford, Ontario
Target
Google MapSaint-Nazaire, France
Final Burial
Google MapWar Cemetery
Joint grave 2 F 7-8

Took off at 18:45 from Wyton in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code OL-G Bomber Command) on an operation to Saint-Nazaire, France.

Shot down (means not found) and crashed in the target area.

Killed includes Corrie: Pilot Officer Sylvester Danahy RCAF J/16385 pilot KIA Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. F. 9-12. Flight Sergeant Charles Thomas Clifton RAF KIA Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. F. 9-12. Pilot Officer John McCartney RAF KIA Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery grave 2. G. 1. Sergeant John Henry McKenna RAF KIA Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery Joint grave 2. F. 16-17. Flying Officer Francis Arthur Mallett Shooter RAF KIA Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. F. 9-12. Sergeant Clarence Edgar Tanner RAF KIA Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery Joint grave 2. F. 14-15.

W/O Corrie had completed over thirty trips and had begun his second tour of operations when his Lancaster aircraft R 5913 went down.

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)