Mank, Matthew (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-April-15

Pilot Officer Matthew Mank RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-March-31

Born:

Parents: Son of David and Lillian Mank, of Miami, Florida,

Spouse:

Home: Miami, Florida, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night

Base

RAF Oakington

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/16626

Home
Google MapMiami, Florida, USA
Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot1 Row C 2 Grave 3
7 Sqn (Per Diem Per Noctum), Pathfinder Force. Stirling III aircraft BK 709 MG-P shot down by German night-fighter (Hauptman Karl Floitgraf, II/NJG 4, in a Bf 110) over Biblis near Worms, Hessen, Germany. Pilot Officer M Mank (RCAF)(USA), Warrant Officer HD Oke (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 HE Budd (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 JTR Roy (RCAF), Sergeant RR Fox (RAF), Sergeant P Wadding (RAF) and Sergeant A Walker (RAF) were killed. There were two 7 Sqn. aircraft lost in the same area on this date. Please see Warrant Officer L.W. Bartman for information on the other aircraft, Stirling III BK 769 MG-G

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling BK709

Warrant Officer 2 Henry Ellwood Budd RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Budd, Henry Ellwood (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-April-15
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Pilot Officer Matthew Mank RCAF

Pilot Officer Mank, Matthew (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-April-15
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Warrant Officer Harold Donald Oke RCAF

Warrant Officer Oke, Harold Donald (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-15
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Warrant Officer 2 Joseph Tancrede Robert Jean Roy RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Roy, Joseph Tancrede Robert Jean (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-April-15
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany