76 Squadron (Resolute). Target - Wangerooge, Germany. Halifax aircraft RG 553 crashed on Wangerooge Island. F/Os M.C. Slaughter, C.R. Morrison, Pilot Officer R.I. Sweet, and two RAF members of the crew were also killed. One Canadian, Pilot Officer Lawson was taken Prisoner of War. There were two 76 Sqdn. aircraft lost over the same target on this date. Please see Pilot Officer C.H. Livermore for information regarding the other aircraft and the names of the RAF personnel killed in both aircraft.
Slauenwhite, Lester Leon (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1945-April-25
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: Son of Urban Simeon and Vera Blanch Slauenwhite, of Middleton, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Aylesford, Kings County, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
76 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute
Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/93609
Prev: R/183339
Target
Wangerooge Germany
Temporary Burial
Pilot Officer Air Gunner Slauenwhite Was Buried Beside The Aircraft
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
