550 Squadron (Per Ignem Vincimus). Lancaster aircraft JA 712 missing during a night operation to the Marshalling Yards at Aachen, Germany. Pilot Officer T.E. Flanagan, Sergeants P.C.M. King (RAF), and J.L. Sheahan (RAF) were also killed. One Canadian, Sergeant Molnar, was either an Evader or was taken Prisoner of War. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.
Purney, Elvin Curtis (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-May-28
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Son of Alexander Elvin Purney and Mabel Purney.
Spouse:
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
550 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Ignem Vincimus Through fire we conquer
Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/19590
Target
Aachen Germany
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
