Bemister, John Edward (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1943-07-28

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

408 (B) Sqn- Squadron
For Freedom

Base

RAF Leeming

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/17735
PoW: 1938

Took off from Leeming at 22:30 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code: EQ-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.

Shot down (means not found) and crashed West of Neumunster Wurzburg Germany.

Killed:Flight Sergeant Joseph Renee Alexis Leblanc RCAF R/115974 pilot KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 6A. Row D. Graves 8-10.Flying Officer Howard William McDonald RCAF J/12329 KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Plot 6A. Row D. Grave 11.Sergeant Raymond Henry Ginn RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 17. Row B. grave 14.F/Lt George Horne McDougal RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave 6A. D. 8-10.Pilot Officer Elbert Frank Parker RCAF J/18313 KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 6A. Row D. Graves 8-10.F/Lt Clifford Campbell Stovel DFC RCAF J/16835 pilot KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 6A. Row D. Graves 8-10.

POWs includes Bemister:Sergeant John Henry Borley RCAF J/18209 POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe).Pilot Officer William Gordon James Richardson RCAF J/17693 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.

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