Negrich, Tony (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-June-30

Flying Officer Tony Negrich RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-July-06

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Home: Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

51 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Swift And Sure

Base

Snaith

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/22062
Prev: R/134789

Temporary Burial
Google MapNear The Crash Site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

51 Squadron (Swift And Sure). Halifax III aircraft LV 782 MH-E crashed fifteen miles south-west of Caen, France during a daylight sortie to Villers Bocage, France. W/O W. Waye and five of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. Addendum: - Add the following to the Crew list. Sgt(s) C.M. Allen (RAF), H. Barron (RAF), A.E. Jukes (RAF), H. Perkins (RAF), and Flight Sergeant J.R.A. Cooke (RAF). The RAF members of the crew are all buried in the Tilly Sur Seules Cemetery, Calvados, France. Detail provided by Joel Huard, Serquigny, France. Addendum: Five RAF members of the crew, Sgt.s C.M. Allen, A.E. Jukes, H. Perkins, H, Barron, and FS. J.R.A. Cooke were also killed. Cenotaph at Riverside Cemetery, Dauphin, Dauphin Census Division, Manitoba, Canada