McIntosh, John David (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-February-15

Pilot Officer John David McIntosh RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-October-02

Born: Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Parents: Son of John David and Nellie Emmeline (nee Burnett) McIntosh, of Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, British Columbia

Spouse:

Home: Simoom Sound, British Columbia

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1942-March-10

Service

RCAF

Unit

550 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Ignem Vincimus Through fire we conquer

Base

RAF North Killingholme

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/86431
Prev: R/157638

Home
Google MapSimoom Sound, British Columbia
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapCemetery at Tribohm, Germany, near crash site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 6 Row L Grave 19

550 Squadron (Per Ignem Vincimus) RAF North Killingholme. Lancaster III aircraft JA 934 BQ-H was missing from an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany, most likely shot down by flak. The Lancaster crashed at Tribohm, south-east of Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany

Pilot Officer JD McIntosh (RCAF), Pilot Officer AH Stockton (RCAF), Sergeant VH Mate (RAFVR), Sergeant D Willson (RAFVR) and Sergeant RWJ Wivell (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Sergeant DL Jones (RAFVR) and FS RW Woodger (RAF) were missing believed killed in action

The missing have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Unvetted Source 550 Squadron Lancaster III JA934 BQ-H Berlin February 1944

Unvetted Source Woodger Robert

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster JA934

Sergeant David Lynn Jones RAFVR

Sergeant Jones, David Lynn (RAFVR)
2nd Pilot/Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-February-15
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sergeant Victor Hugo Mate RAFVR

Sergeant Mate, Victor Hugo (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1944-February-15
Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany

Pilot Officer John David McIntosh RCAF

Pilot Officer McIntosh, John David (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-February-15
Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany

Pilot Officer Andrew Hunter Stockton RCAF

Pilot Officer Stockton, Andrew Hunter (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-February-15
Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany

Sergeant Donald Willsdon RAFVR

Sergeant Willsdon, Donald (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1944-February-15
Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany

Sergeant Richard Walter John Wivell RAFVR

Sergeant Wivell, Richard Walter John (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-February-15
Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany

Flight Sergeant Robert Edward Woodger RAF

Flight Sergeant Woodger, Robert Edward (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-February-15
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Mission

Lancaster Mk.III JA934

Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-February-15 to 1944-February-15

550 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF North Killingholme

550 Squadron (Per Ignem Vincimus) RAF North Killingholme. Lancaster III aircraft JA 934 BQ-H was missing from an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany, most likely shot down by flak. The Lancaster crashed near Tribohm, south-east of Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany

Pilot Officer JD McIntosh (RCAF), Pilot Officer AH Stockton (RCAF), Sergeant VH Mate (RAFVR), Sergeant D Willsdon (RAFVR) and Sergeant RWJ Wivell (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Sergeant DL Jones (RAFVR) and FS RW Woodger (RAF) were missing believed killed in action

The missing have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Unvetted Source 550 Squadron Lancaster III JA934 BQ-H Berlin February 1944

Unvetted Source Woodger Robert

Unvetted Source 550 Squadron and RAF North Killingholme Association