Lennoxville, QuebecRemembered on the Cenotaph at Sand HIll Cemetery, Cookshire-Eaton, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada
Flight Sergeant Milton James Paige
Paige, Milton James (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-January-09
Birth Date: 1917-November-26
Born:
Parents: Son of Lyman Willard Paige and Ella May Paige, of Lennoxville, Quebec.
Spouse:
Home: Lennoxville, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
44 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fulmina Regis Lusta The king's thunderbolts are righteous
Base
RAF Waddington
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/90773
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Lancaster W4277
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I W4277
Minelaying Oresund Sweden (Daffodil) 1943-January-09 to 1943-January-09
44 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Waddington
44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta). Lancaster aircraft W 4277 lost to enemy action whilst laying mines off the Danish Coast..
Claim by Fw Ernst Baader 4/NJG3 - 8674 B1 in See: 2,700m at 21:10
Crashed Sost Skov (Forest) near Rise-Hjarup 3 km NNW of Aabenraa Denmark
Six RAF members of the crew, Flying Officer A.G. Cameron, Sergeants A.R.A. Colonna, J. Hutchison, J.H. Lightfoot, D.B. Mogg, and S. Wright were also killed.
Source of Personnel and grave marker images via "Airwar over Denmark" (http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430001.shtml)
Lancaster W4277 Mk.I - Minelaying Oresund Sweden (Daffodil) - 1943-01-09 to 1943-01-09
Squadron: 44 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-01-09
Completion Date: 1943-01-09
Mission: Minelaying
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Oresund Sweden (Daffodil)
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Waddington
Take Off Time: 17:36
Squadron Code: KM S
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Aabenraa, Denmark
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta). Lancaster aircraft W 4277 lost to enemy action whilst laying mines off the Danish Coast..
Claim by Fw Ernst Baader 4/NJG3 - 8674 B1 in See: 2,700m at 21:10
Crashed Sost Skov (Forest) near Rise-Hjarup 3 km NNW of Aabenraa Denmark
Six RAF members of the crew, Flying Officer A.G. Cameron, Sergeants A.R.A. Colonna, J. Hutchison, J.H. Lightfoot, D.B. Mogg, and S. Wright were also killed.
Source of Personnel and grave marker images via "Airwar over Denmark" (http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430001.shtml)
