Kerluk, William (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-January-16

Flying Officer William Kerluk RCAF

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Son of John and Dora Kerluk, of Shaughnessy, Alberta, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Shaughnessy, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

12 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Leads the Field

Base

RAF Wickenby

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/89858

Target
Google MapZeitz Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapBentheim

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
Coll grave 13 F 1-3
12 Squadron (Leads The Field). Lancaster aircraft LM 213 was shot down at Bentheim, Germany during a night trip to Zeitz, Germany. P/O5 W.J. Glass, D.E. Linington, Flying Officer D.J. Bailey, and one of the crew, not Canadian, were also killed. One Canadian, Sergeant A.F. Hymers was taken Prisoner of War, and one of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed.
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