156 Squadron (We Light The Way), Pathfinder Force, RAF Warboys Lancaster III aircraft ED 598 GT was shot down by a night fighter at Hemmingstedt, Germany during an operation to Hamburg, Germany.
Pilot Officer MC Staples (RCAF), Flying Officer RE Goodwin DFC (RAF), Sergeant LJ Jones (RAFVR), Sergeant B Marshall (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant JA Phillips (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant BF Smith DFC (RAFVR), and F/T WJ Smith DFC (RAFVR) were killed.
There were two 156 Sqn aircraft lost on this operation. Please see Church, JM for casualty list on Lancaster III ED 822
Staples, Murray Clement (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1943-July-29
Birth Date: 1923
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Home: St James, Manitoba
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Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
156 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Light The Way
Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/17698
Home
St James, Manitoba
Target
Hamburg Germany
Temporary Burial
Hemmingstedt, Germany, Near Crash Site
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)