Beare, Harold Thomas (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1941-September-11

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Calgary, Alberta

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

104 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike Hard

Base

RAF Stradishall

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/4529
PoW: 3781

Home
Google MapCalgary, Alberta
Target
Google MapTorino Italy

Took off from Stradishall at 21:30 in Wellington Mk II (Sqn code: EP-N Bomber Command) on an operation to Torino Italy.

Shot down and ditched in North Sea off the coast of Denmark. All crew survived the ditching in their dinghy.

POWs includes Beare: Sergeant Jack Alan Chubb RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Norman Sidney Fisher RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Richard Ritson RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. S/Ldr David Malcolm Strong RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Gordon Thomson Woodroofe RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.