Bonet, John Cecil (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1943-December-04

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Service

RCAF

Unit

35 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Uno Anima Agimus We Act with One Accord

Base

RAF Graveley

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Service Numbers

J/20043
PoW: 1752

Target
Google MapLeipzig Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapHuisduinen Germany

Took off from Graveley at 00:01 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code: TL-U Bomber Command) on an operation to Leipzig Germany.

Shot down (means not found) and crashed at Anna Paulowna, North Holland.

Killed: Flying Officer Eric Austin Alliston RAF chute was damaged in the process of abandoning the aircraft KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Collective grave 10. A. 20-22. Sergeant Francis John Dimond RAF KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery grave 31. A. 1. Sergeant Kenneth Holt RAF KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Coll. grave 10. A. 20-22. Warrant Officer Class 2 John Andrew Whitmore McKenzie RCAF R/116753 KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Coll. grave 10. A. 20-22.

POWs includes Bonet: Flying Officer Bruce James Henry Cheal RAF pilot POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang. Sergeant Peter Harold Mornington Smith RAF POW Stalag IVb Muhlberg.

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax LW343

Flying Officer Eric Austin Alliston RAF

Flying Officer Alliston, Eric Austin (RAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-December-04
cemetery unknown

Flight Lieutenant John Cecil Bonet RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Bonet, John Cecil (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1943-December-04
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Bruce James Henry Cheal RAF

Flying Officer Cheal, Bruce James Henry (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1943-December-04
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Francis John Dimond RAF

Sergeant Dimond, Francis John (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-December-04
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Kenneth Holt RAF

Sergeant Holt, Kenneth (RAF)
Flt. Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-December-04
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2 John Andrew Whitmore McKenzie RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 McKenzie, John Andrew Whitmore (RCAF)
M-U Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-December-04
cemetery unknown