Rodin, Ivan (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)
Killed in Action 1943-December-02
Birth Date: 1921-April-26
Born:
Parents: Son of Constantine and Domna Rodin, of Cloverdale, British Columbia, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Cloverdale, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
460 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
Strike And Return
Base
Rank
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/92002
Target
Berlin Germany
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Lancaster Mk.I W4881
Bombing Berlin Germany 1943-December-02 to 1943-December-02
460 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft W 4881 was attacked by a night fighter during a raid on Berlin, Germany, and exploded. Killed were RCAF W/O II I. Rodin (air gunner); RAAF Pilot Officer J.H.J. English (DFC) (pilot), RAAF Sgt's. R.O. Cole (wireless operator / air gunner) and A.E. Kan (air gunner). Taken Prisoners of War were RAAF Pilot Officer N.J. Anderson (navigator); RAF Flt. Sgt. A.W. Catty (bomb aimer), and RAF Sgt. W.L. Miller (flight engineer).Four of the aircraft taking part in the raid that night carried a War Correspondent, including Australian Norman Stockton, age 40, a journalist for Australian Associated News (specifically the Sydney Sun). Stockton was also killed on Lancaster W4881.
Lancaster W4881 Mk.I - Bombing Berlin Germany - 1943-12-02 to 1943-12-02
Squadron: 460 (B) Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1943-12-02
Completion Date: 1943-12-02
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Berlin Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England
Take Off Time: 16:44
Squadron Code: AR K
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Paterdamm, Göttin, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft W 4881 was attacked by a night fighter during a raid on Berlin, Germany, and exploded. Killed were RCAF W/O II I. Rodin (air gunner); RAAF Pilot Officer J.H.J. English (DFC) (pilot), RAAF Sgt's. R.O. Cole (wireless operator / air gunner) and A.E. Kan (air gunner). Taken Prisoners of War were RAAF Pilot Officer N.J. Anderson (navigator); RAF Flt. Sgt. A.W. Catty (bomb aimer), and RAF Sgt. W.L. Miller (flight engineer).
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft W 4881 was attacked by a night fighter during a raid on Berlin, Germany, and exploded. Killed were RCAF W/O II I. Rodin (air gunner); RAAF Pilot Officer J.H.J. English (DFC) (pilot), RAAF Sgt's. R.O. Cole (wireless operator / air gunner) and A.E. Kan (air gunner). Taken Prisoners of War were RAAF Pilot Officer N.J. Anderson (navigator); RAF Flt. Sgt. A.W. Catty (bomb aimer), and RAF Sgt. W.L. Miller (flight engineer).
Four of the aircraft taking part in the raid that night carried a War Correspondent, including Australian Norman Stockton, age 40, a journalist for Australian Associated News (specifically the Sydney Sun). Stockton was also killed on Lancaster W4881.
