Balchin, David Henry (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-August-13

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RCAF

Unit

101 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Mens Agitat Molem Mind over matter

Base

RAF Ludford Magna

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Rear Gunner

Service Numbers

R/218575 / J/8
PoW: 546

Took off from Ludford Magna at 2134 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code SR-V Bomber Command) on an operation to Braunschweig for ABC duties.

Aircraft was hit by flak and partially abandoned (two of the crew are buried in Heverlee War Cemetery). This Lancaster crashed at Barver near Diepholz Germany.

Killed: Pilot Officer John French Andrews RCAF J/89901 RCAF Heverlee War Cemetery Joint grave 6. E. 8. Flight Sergeant Hans Heinz Schwarz (serving as 'Henry Blake) RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Joint grave 6. E. 8.

POWs includes Balchin: Flying Officer Gene Mitchell Atyeo RCAF J/28179 Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Charles Trevor Keeling RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Sergeant John William Lovatt RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia.

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