Bird, Donald Joseph (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1945-January-28

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RCAF

Unit

426 (B) Sqn- Squadron
On wings of fire

Base

RAF Linton-on Ouse

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/18275

Took off from Linton-on-Ouse at 19:06 in Halifax Mk VII (Sqn code: OW-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to Stuttgart Germany.

The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by a night fighter and crashed

Killed: Sergeant James McLeod Campbell RAF KIA cemetery not listed.

POWs: Pilot Officer Clarence Oakley RAF POW camp not listed. Sergeant John Cartlidge RAF POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant Maurice Reavie Binns RCAF R/116988 POW camp not listed. Sergeant Kenneth Naylor RAF POW camp not listed. Sergeant Maurice Bennet Dearling RAF POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Pratt DFM RAAF POW camp not listed.

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