Land, James Edward (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-September-19

Pilot Officer James Edward Land RCAF

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: Son of John Frank and Beulah Ellison Land; husband of Helen Louise Land, of Baldwyn, Mississippi, U.S.A.

Spouse: Husband of Helen Louise Land, of Baldwyn, Mississippi, U.S.A.

Home: Baldwin, Mississippi, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

15 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure

Base

RAF Bourn

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/85241
Prev: R/98052

Home
Google MapBaldwin, Mississippi, USA
Target
Google MapKattegat Norway (Yewtree)
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 100

15 Squadron (Aim Sure) RAF Bourn, Stirling I N3759 LS-Q failed to return, likely due to marine flak, lost without trace on a mine-laying (GARDENING) sortie to the Kattagat Strait, between Denmark and Sweden

FS FE Davidson (RCAF), FS CR Bee (RCAF), Pilot Officer JE Land (RCAF)(USA), FS WD Probert (RCAF), Sergeant RF Lowrie (RAF), Sergeant G Hayes (RAFVR) and Sergeant GF Eldridge (RAFVR) were killed. FS Bee, Pilot Officer Land, Sergeant Hayes and Sergeant Eldridge had survived the crash of night fighter damaged Stirling I aircraft BF 335 MG-E on Aug 24-25, 1942

Unvetted Source 15 Squadron Stirling I N3759 LS-Q P/O. Land, RAF Bourn

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling N3759

Flight Sergeant Charles Robert Bee RCAF

Flight Sergeant Bee, Charles Robert (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-September-19
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Frank Edwards Davidson RCAF

Flight Sergeant Davidson, Frank Edwards (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-September-19
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Pilot Officer James Edward Land RCAF

Pilot Officer Land, James Edward (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-September-19
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant William Douglas Probert RCAF

Flight Sergeant Probert, William Douglas (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-September-19
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK