Bishop, George Major (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1942-November-23

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Meaford, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

83 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike To Defend

Base

RAF Wyton

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

J/16885
PoW: 871

Home
Google MapMeaford, Ontario
Target
Google MapStuttgart Germany

Took off from Wyton at 18:10 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code: OL-K Bomber Command) on an operation to Stuttgart Germany.

Outbound from the target, ditched in the English Channel off the French coast.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Thomas Rodham Armstrong RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 73.

POWs: F/Lt George Major Bishop RCAF J/16885 Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer Jack Russell Bushby RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flight Sergeant Charles Herbert Crawley RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Flight Sergeant Graham Lamprey Davies RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Pilot Officer Olaf Cecil Yves Lambert RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang. Pilot Officer Richard Norman Williams RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flight Sergeant Olaf Cecil Yves Lambert RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang.

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ED311

Flt Sergeant Thomas Rodham Armstrong RAF

Flt Sergeant Armstrong, Thomas Rodham (RAF)

Killed in Action
1942-November-23
cemetery unknown

Flight Lieutenant George Major Bishop RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Bishop, George Major (RCAF)
Observer
Prisoner of War
1942-November-23
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Jack Russell Bushby RAF

Flying Officer Bushby, Jack Russell (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-November-23
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant Charles Herbert Crawley RAF

Flt Sergeant Crawley, Charles Herbert (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-November-23
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant Graham Lamprey Davies RAF

Flt Sergeant Davies, Graham Lamprey (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-November-23
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Olaf Cecil Yves Lambert RAF

Pilot Officer Lambert, Olaf Cecil Yves (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-November-23
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Richard Norman Williams RAF

Pilot Officer Williams, Richard Norman (RAF)

Killed in Action
1942-November-23
cemetery unknown