77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Halifax aircraft LL 239 missing from a night trip to Leipzig, Germany. Six of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.
Addendum: The squadron was based at Elvington when aircraft .L 239-A went missing. The other members of the crew who were also killed were all RAF, they were Sgt.s F.L. Bones, J.L.P. Taylor, and FS. J.C. Dalzell. Other RAF members, FS. R.A. East, Sgt.s A.P. Burch and L.C.R. Huggett, were taken Prisoners of War. Detail from "Some Of The Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England.
McIvor, James (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-February-20

Birth Date: unkown date
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Home: Whitby, Ontario
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Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem
Base
Elvington
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/89043
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