Samuel, Allan Gilchrist (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-November-02

Pilot Officer Allan Gilchrist Samuel RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-June-09

Born: Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Parents: Son of David and Florence Samuel (nee Brown) of Arthur, Ontario

Spouse:

Home: Arthur, Ontario

Enlistment: London, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-April-01

Service

RCAF

Unit

428 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Usque Ad Finem To the Very End

Base

RAF Middleton St George

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/92425

Temporary Burial
Google MapCatholic Cemetery On Potsdamerst At Solingen, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
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428 Ghost Squadron (Usque Ad Finem) RAF Middleton St George. Lancaster BX aircraft KB 782 NA-H was shot down by night fighter pilot Lt Heinz-Joachim Schlage of Stab IV/NJG1during an operation over Dusseldorf, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Solingen, Germany with the loss of the entire crew

Pilot Officer AG Samuel (RCAF), Flying Officer J Holtze (RCAF), Pilot Officer J Lupinsky, Pilot Officer LJ Ruhl (RCAF), Pilot Officer M Dorrell (RCAF), Pilot Officer JFJ Bachant (RCAF),and P/OE Crossley (RAFVR) were all killed in action

unvetted Source 20/03.1944 428 (Ghost) Squadron, RCAF Lancaster X KB782 Fg Off. Jac...

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