Holmes, Joseph Andrew Cletus (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-August-24

Sergeant Joseph Andrew Cletus Holmes RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-February-06

Born: Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Parents: Son of Thomas Holmes and Elizabeth (nee Moore) Holmes

Spouse:

Home: Wilsons Corners, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

75 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ake Ake Kia Kaha For ever and ever be strong

Base

RAF Mepal

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)

Service Numbers

R/143622

Home

Wilsons Corners, Quebec

Target

Berlin Germany

Temporary Burial

Garrison Cemetery at Dobertiz, Standortfriedhof, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Berlin War Cemetery
Plot 1 Row D Grave 17

75 New Zealand Squadron (Ake Ake Kia Kaha) RAF Mepal. Stirling III aircraft EE 938 AA-X lost during an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany. While over the target, the Stirling was coned by searchlights and attacked by night fighter pilots Hauptmann Friedrich Karl Muller of Stab/JG 300 and Major Helmut Lent of Stab/NJG 3. The bomber crashed near Mahlsdorf, ESE of Berlin with the loss of the entire crew

Sergeant Joseph Andrew Cletus Holmes (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Alexander Davidson (RCAF), Sergeant Andrew Bain (RAFVR), Warrant Officer Trevor Fear (RAFVR), Sergeant Brian Hartley Ruddy (RAFVR), Sergeant George Douglas Woolcott (RAFVR) and Sergeant Charles Munro (RAFVR) were all killed in action and buried in Germany with the exception of Sergeant Munro, who was missing presumed killed in action. Sergeant Munro has no known gave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Nachtjager Luftwaffe Night Fighter Units 1939-1945 by David P Williams

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database