Strain, John Edward (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-February-25
Birth Date: 1923-July-04
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Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
460 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
Strike And Return
Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
J/86763
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Lancaster Mk.III JB742
Bombing Augsburg Germany 1944-February-25 to 1944-February-25
460 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft JB 742 was delivered to 460 Squadron on 11 December 1943. JB742 took off from RAF Binbrook on 25 February 1944 during a night trip to bomb Augsburg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Killed were RCAF Pilot Officer J.E. Strain (navigator); RAAF Pilot Officer R.C. Martin (pilot) and RAAF Flt. Sgt's. W.D. Carlilie (wireless operator / air gunner), P.W.B. Gurdon (bomb aimer), and W.J. Howiss (air gunner); RAF Sgt's F.C. Willis (flight engineer) and F. Woodward (air gunner).Lancaster JB742 Mk.III - Bombing Augsburg Germany - 1944-02-25 to 1944-02-25
Squadron: 460 (B) Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1944-02-25
Completion Date: 1944-02-25
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Augsburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England
Take Off Time: 21:29
Squadron Code: AR D
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Crash City: Rotweill, Germany
Crash Specifics: on River Neckar in Baden-Württemberg
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft JB 742 was delivered to 460 Squadron on 11 December 1943. JB742 took off from RAF Binbrook on 25 February 1944 during a night trip to bomb Augsburg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Killed were RCAF Pilot Officer J.E. Strain (navigator); RAAF Pilot Officer R.C. Martin (pilot) and RAAF Flt. Sgt's. W.D. Carlilie (wireless operator / air gunner), P.W.B. Gurdon (bomb aimer), and W.J. Howiss (air gunner); RAF Sgt's F.C. Willis (flight engineer) and F. Woodward (air gunner).
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft JB 742 was delivered to 460 Squadron on 11 December 1943. JB742 took off from RAF Binbrook on 25 February 1944 during a night trip to bomb Augsburg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Killed were RCAF Pilot Officer J.E. Strain (navigator); RAAF Pilot Officer R.C. Martin (pilot) and RAAF Flt. Sgt's. W.D. Carlilie (wireless operator / air gunner), P.W.B. Gurdon (bomb aimer), and W.J. Howiss (air gunner); RAF Sgt's F.C. Willis (flight engineer) and F. Woodward (air gunner).
