Bradley, Ernest (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1943-04-04

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

405 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Ducimus We Lead

Base

RAF Leeming

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

FlightSergeant

Service Numbers

R/108578 / J/90
PoW: 1001

Target
Google MapEssen Germany

Took off from Leeming at 19:58 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code LQ-V Bomber Command) on an operation to Essen Germany.

Aircraft shot down by a night fighter and crashed at De Lijnbraak, Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant Holland.

Killed:Warrant Officer Class 2 W J McAlpine RCAF R/93277 pilot KIA Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery grave XVI F 9-10.Sgt. H J McQueen RCAF R/10748 KIA Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery grave XVI F 7.Warrant Officer Class 2 J D White RCAF R/91819 KIA Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery grave XVI F 10.WO J W Halikowski RCAF R/95419 KIA Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery grave XVI F 8.F/Lt F E Luxford RCAF J/15434 KIA Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery grave XVI F 13.

POWs includes Bradley:F/Lt W L Murphy RCAF J/15166 POW camp not listed.

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Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT808

Bombing Essen Germany 1943-April-03 to 1943-April-04

405 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Leeming

Battle of the Ruhr

Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*V". Failed to return from attack on Essen on 3 / 4 April 1943, shot down by a night fighter flown of I./NJG1. Crashed near "Lijnbraak" farmhouse, Vierlingsbeek, the Netherlands. 5 crew were killed and 2 POW.
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