Cenotaph at Tummel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Roach, James Theodore (Warrant Officer 2)
Killed in Action 1943-August-11
Birth Date: 1920-January-19
Born: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Parents: Son of Captain James Owen Roach, R.C.N.R., and of Bridget Murnaghan Roach, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Spouse:
Home: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment Date: 1939-September-20
Service
RCAF
Unit
158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity
Base
RAF Lissett
Rank
Warrant Officer 2
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/137561
Target
Nuremberg Germany
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Halifax JD249
Aviation Safety NetworkHalifax JD249 B/GR.Mk.II - Bombing Nuremberg Germany - 1943-08-10 to 1943-08-11
Squadron: 158 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-08-10
Completion Date: 1943-08-11
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Nuremberg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Lissett
Take Off Time: 21:21:00
Squadron Code: NP-U
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Weschnitz Fürth Hessen Germany
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Shot down by Unteroffizier Horst John of the 2./JG Herrmann, flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Bonn-Hangelar airfield.
War Diary Unavailable
6 Bomber Group August 10/11, 1943
41 Halifaxes from 419, 427 and 428 Squadrons were ordered on an attack at Nurnberg. The crews were over the target at between 17,000 and 21,000 feet, releasing 120,000 lbs of incendiaries and 40,000 lbs high explosives. According to reports, there was some cloud, but serious damage was caused central and southern sectors of the city. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
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The crew were buried in Fürth Civilian Cemetery, later moved to Durnbach.