77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Whitley V aircraft Z 9312 was carrying 3,500 lbs. of general purpose bombs when it was forced down in the North Sea on an operation to Germany, presumed enemy action. Flight Sergeant J.E. Gilfoy was also killed. Three RAF members of the crew missing believed killed.
Addendum: P/O. D.B. Bailey (RAF), Sgt.s A.J. Pratley (RAF), and E.C. Reynolds (RAF) were also killed.
Addendum: The squadron was based at Leeming when Whitley aircraft Z 9312-S went missing. The three RAF members of the crew who were also killed were Sgt(s) A.J. Pratley, E.C. Reynolds, and Pilot Officer D.B. Bailey. Detail from "Some of the Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England.
Murphy, William Arthur (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1942-March-12
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Son of Patrick Arthur and Mary Florence Murphy, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem
Base
RAF Leeming
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/75144
Target
Emden Germany
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)