9 Squadron (Per Noctern Volamus). Lancaster aircraft PD 205 was in a mid-air collision during operations over Courtrai, Belgium. Both aircraft crashed two miles east of Menin at Wevelgem, Belgium. Twelve airmen, not Canadians, were also killed.
Morriss, John Howard (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-July-21
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents:
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Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly
Base
RAF Bardney
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
J/90381
Prev: R/177548
Home
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Target
Courtrai Belgium
Temporary Burial
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
