Armstrong, James Andrew (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-August-18

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Home: Bayfield, Ontario

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Service

RCAF

Unit

576 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Carpe Diem Seize the opportunity

Base

RAF Elsham Wolds

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/35029
PoW: 7600

Took off from Elsham Wolds at 19:24 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: UL-E2 Bomber Command) to attack a flying-bomb facility in France.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Francis Allen RAF KIA Calais Southern Cemetery Plot S. Grave 3. France. Flight Sergeant Herman Backler RCAF R/195442 KIA Calais Canadian War Cemetery, grave 4. G. 8. Flying Officer Ernest Augustus Duerr RAF KIA Calais Southern Cemetery Plot S. Grave 4. Flight Sergeant Lloyd L. Johnston RCAF R/188969 KIA Calais Canadian War Cemetery, grave 4. G. 7. Sergeant Leonard Maiden RAF KIA Marquise Communal Cemetery Plot 2. Row C. Grave 9.

POWs including Armstrong: F/Lt Reginald Bibby RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.