Withers, Joseph Allan William (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-December-06

Flying Officer Joseph Allan William Withers RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

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Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

487 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator / Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/10182

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba
Target
Google MapEindhoven Netherlands
Final Burial
Google MapCanadian War Cemetery
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Crew or Other Personnel

Ventura AJ196

Flight Sergeant Francis Edward King RCAF

Flight Sergeant King, Francis Edward (RCAF)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-December-06
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Sergeant Thomas Montague Richings RAFVR

Sergeant Richings, Thomas Montague (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-December-06
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Wing Commander Francis Cecil Seavill RAF

Wing Commander Seavill, Francis Cecil (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-December-06
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Flying Officer Joseph Allan William Withers RCAF

Flying Officer Withers, Joseph Allan William (RCAF)
Navigator / Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1942-December-06
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Mission

Ventura Mk. II AJ196

Bombing Eindhoven Netherlands 1942-December-06 to 1942-December-06

487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF) Feltwell

Operation Oyster

487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Ventura aircraft AJ 196 was part of "Operation Oyster", a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven, Netherlands. Aircraft was hit by flak and crashed over enemy-held territory. Flying Officer J.A. Withers was also killed. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.