Newmarket, Ontario
619 Squadron (AdAltiora) Target - Heilbronn, Germany. Lancaster III LM751 PG-X lost over Germany.
Meredith, Frederick Leonard (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-December-04
Birth Date: 1924-January-22
Born:
Parents: Son of Hubert Wellington and Clara Meredith.
Spouse: Husband of Bernice Meredith. Foster son and nephew of the Revd. Fred R. Meredith, of Newmarket, Ontario.
Home: Newmarket, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
619 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Altiora To higher things
Base
Strubby
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
J/38814
Prev: R/194114
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Lancaster LM751
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III LM751
Bombing Heilbronn Germany 1944-December-04 to 1944-December-04
619 (B) Sqn (RAF) Strubby
Took off from Strubby at 16:42 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: PG-X Bomber Command) on an operation to Heilbronn Germany
Shot down by a night fighter itand crashed at Baiersbronn about 7km NW of Freudenstadt.
Killed: Flying Officer Robert Harry Schaefer RCAF J/35883 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.33. Flying Officer Phillip Peter Awad RCAF J/39979 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.34-35. Sergeant John Lonsdale Swanson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.31. Flying Officer Frederick Leonard Meredith RCAF J/38814 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery crave 4.H.34-35, Sergeant Leslie George Weir RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.23.
Unknown: Sergeant J Ross Keilty RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Sergeant John E Nicholaiff RCAF R/number injured in crash POW camp not listed.
.Lancaster LM751 Mk.I/III - Bombing Heilbronn Germany - 1944-12-04 to 1944-12-04
Squadron: 619 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-12-04
Completion Date: 1944-12-04
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Heilbronn Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Strubby
Take Off Time: 16.42
Squadron Code: PG X
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City:
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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Took off from Strubby at 16:42 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: PG-X Bomber Command) on an operation to Heilbronn Germany
Shot down by a night fighter itand crashed at Baiersbronn about 7km NW of Freudenstadt.
Killed: Flying Officer Robert Harry Schaefer RCAF J/35883 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.33. Flying Officer Phillip Peter Awad RCAF J/39979 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.34-35. Sergeant John Lonsdale Swanson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.31. Flying Officer Frederick Leonard Meredith RCAF J/38814 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery crave 4.H.34-35, Sergeant Leslie George Weir RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.23.
Unknown: Sergeant J Ross Keilty RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Sergeant John E Nicholaiff RCAF R/number injured in crash POW camp not listed.
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