Enright, Donald Fraser (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1944-July-31
Birth Date: 1925-March-31
Born: Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Parents: Son of William John Enright and Mary Isobel (nee Fraser) Enright, of Toronto, Ontario
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1943-March-08
Service
RCAF
Unit
103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not
Base
RAF Elsham Woods
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
R/251138
Toronto, Ontario
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Lancaster JB746
Mission
Lancaster Mk.III JB746
Bombing Le Havre France 1944-July-30 to 1944-July-31
103 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Elsham Woods
103 Squadron (Noll Me Tangere) RAF Elsham Woods. Lancaster III aircraft JB 746 PM-I was hit by flak while engaged in a raid against shipping targets in the port of Le Havre, France. A wing separated from the aircraft before it exploded and only two crew members were able to escape before the Lancaster crashed near the target area
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon (RCAF), Sergeant Donald Fraser Enright (RCAF), Flight Sergeant George Roughton Carver Gilroy Adams (RAFVR), Sergeant George Robert Carr (RAFVR) and Sergeant Leslie Henderson (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer Kenneth Norris (RCAF) and Warrant Officer Class 2 Wilfrid Lucien Morneau (RCAF), survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Lancaster JB746 Mk.III - Bombing Le Havre France - 1944-07-30 to 1944-07-31
Squadron: 103 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-07-30
Completion Date: 1944-07-31
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Le Havre France
Target Specific: shipping
Base: RAF Elsham Woods
Take Off Time: 18:13:00
Squadron Code: PM-I
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: in target area near Le Havre
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
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103 Squadron (Noll Me Tangere) RAF Elsham Woods. Lancaster III aircraft JB 746 PM-I was hit by flak while engaged in a raid against shipping targets in the port of Le Havre, France. A wing separated from the aircraft before it exploded and only two crew members were able to escape before the Lancaster crashed near the target area
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon (RCAF), Sergeant Donald Fraser Enright (RCAF), Flight Sergeant George Roughton Carver Gilroy Adams (RAFVR), Sergeant George Robert Carr (RAFVR) and Sergeant Leslie Henderson (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer Kenneth Norris (RCAF) and Warrant Officer Class 2 Wilfrid Lucien Morneau (RCAF), survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Joseph L Avon and crew 103 Sqn