Pugh, Lawrence John (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-March-15

Pilot Officer Lawrence John Pugh RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-April-13

Born:

Parents: Son of Tom and Serrelma Pugh, of St. John'S, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: St Johns, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

Elvington

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/89119
Prev: R/189996

Home
Google MapSt Johns, Quebec
Target
Google MapAmiens France
Final Burial
Google MapCommunal Cemetery
Grave 3
77 Squadron (Esse Potius Guam Videri). Halifax aircraft LL 229 missing during a night trip to Amiens, France. Five RAF members of the crew, FSs P.H. Armstrong, D.A. Cole, H.O. Hill, J.A. Taylor, and Flight Lieutenant R.G. Spicer were also killed. One other member of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed. Addendum: The squadron was based at Elvington when aircraft No. LL 229-Z went down, One RAF member of the crew, Sgt. I-1.M. McAllister was taken Prisoner of War.This completes this crew list, Detail from Some Of The Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England. PULLAR, W. S. J18049. See page 620. F10. Pullar served in the R.C.A.F. not the R.A.F. He was from Gelia, Alberta, not Calgary.

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