McCreary, James Duncan (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-March-31

Pilot Officer James Duncan McCreary RCAF

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Son of James Wallace and Julia Agatha McCreary, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Windsor, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

514 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nil Obstare Potest Nothing can withstand

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/89471
Prev: R/164086

Home
Google MapWindsor, Ontario
Target
Google MapNuremberg Germany
Final Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
Coll grave 11 E 11-13
514 Squadron (Nil Obstare Potest). Lancaster aircraft LL 698 was shot down by a German night fighter aircraft during a night trip to Nuremberg, Germany. Sergeants R. Byth (RAF), A. Cooke (RAF), E.R.W. Pond (RAF), FS F. Gregory (RAF), and Pilot Officer L.S. Smith (RNZAF) were also killed. One other member of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed. This was Pilot Officer McCreary's eighth operation and his was one of 108 Allied aircraft lost this night. Addendum: The. is the corrected crew list. Sgt.s R. Byth (RAF), A. Cooke (RAF), E.R.W. Pond (RAF), FS.s S. Frith (RAF), and F. Gregory (RAF) were also killed. One Canadian, FS. C.G.E. MacDonald was taken Prisoner Of War.

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