Price, Charles Melville (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-January-31

Flight Sergeant Charles Melville Price RCAF

Birth Date: 1913-May-12

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Parents: Son of Charles Harry and Adelaide Price, of Toronto, Ontario.

Spouse: Husband of Hazel Joice Price, of Toronto, Ontario.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

97 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/182206

Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
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97 Squadron (Achieve Your Aim), Pathfinder Force. Target - Berlin, Germany. Addendum: ."Laricaster aircraft JB 659 (OF-J) was returning to England after a succesful raid on Berlin when it was shot down by a German night fighter. Six members of a Dutch family were also killed when the aircraft crashed on their farmhouse. The aircraft went down near Amsterdam and all but two of the crew lay entombed in the aircraft for the next 56 years. In November, 2001 these five crew members were laid to rest beside their other two comrades in Holland. The complete crew list is: WO. (ii. Williams (RCAF) and FS. C.M. Price (RCAF) P/O. A.R. Hart (RAAF), Sgt.s William Jones (RAF), Douglas Hicks (RAF), Leslie Clifton (RAF), and FS, Harold Boat (RAAF), Detail provided by Mrs. R.B. Woodland, Orangeville, Ontario.
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