Bestel, Emmanuel George Robert (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1942-January-15

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Service

RCAF

Unit

207 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Semper Paratus Always prepared

Base

RAF Bottesford

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Air Gunner (Rear)

Service Numbers

R/70458
PoW: 148

Target
Google MapHamburg Germany

207 Squadron, RAF Bottesford Manchester Mk I aircraft L 7309 EM-O on an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany. The bomber was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert of 5/NJG2 but also claimed by heavy flak battery M Flak Abt 252 and crashed in a field near the Jevers Luftwaffe base at Sandelermöns, Jever, Niedersachsen, Germany

Killed: Sergeant James Wilfred Cadman RAF KIA Sage War Cemetery grave 8. B. 2.

Balance of crew were POWs: Sergeant Geoffrey Ernest Allen RAF Flying Officer Gerald Bryan Dawkins RAF F/Lt Patrick James Edwards RAF Sergeant John Mercer RAF

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Crew or Other Personnel

Manchester L7309

Geoffrey Ernest Allen RNZAF

Allen, Geoffrey Ernest (RNZAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-January-15
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2 Emmanuel George Robert Bestel RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Bestel, Emmanuel George Robert (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Prisoner of War
1942-January-15
cemetery unknown

Sergeant James Wilfred Cadman RAFVR

Sergeant Cadman, James Wilfred (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-January-15
Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg, Land Niedersachsen, Germany

Flying Officer Gerald Bryan Dawkins RAF

Flying Officer Dawkins, Gerald Bryan (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-January-15
cemetery unknown

Flt Lieutenant Patrick James Edwards RAF

Flt Lieutenant Edwards, Patrick James (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-January-15
cemetery unknown

John Mercer RAF

Mercer, John (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-January-15
cemetery unknown