Birth Date: 1923-December-03
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Service
RCAF
Unit
180 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Suaviter In Modo Fortiter In Re Agreeably in manner, forcibly in act
Base
RAF Dunsfold
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
R/146355
Prev: R/146355
PoW: 3529
Took off in Mitchell Mk II FL-685 EN-V on an operation to France.
Aircraft shot down (means not found) and crashed in France.
POWs includes Catt: Flying Officer Frederick Alexander Baldwin RCAF J/13058 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Albert James Guluche RCAF R/188305 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Flight Sergeant Gordon Robertson McGillvray RCAF R/163625 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.
180 Squadron RAF (Saeviter in modo, fortiter in re) RAF Dunsfold. Mitchell II aircraft FL 685 EN-V was likely shot down by flak during an operation against V1 rocket positions at Bonnieres, France. Oddly, the rest of the squadron returned without bombing (no explanation in the ORB)
Flying Officer H R Baldwin (RCAF), Sergeant A J Guluche (RCAF), Flight Sergeant G R McGillvray (RCAF) survived and were all aided by the French Resistance but were all ultimately captured to become Prisoners of War
Pilot Officer H R A Catt (RCAF) evaded briefly before being captured to become a Prisoner of War
180 Squadron RAF (Saeviter in modo, fortiter in re) RAF Dunsfold. Mitchell II aircraft FL 685 EN-V was likely shot down by flak during an operation against V1 rocket positions at Bonnieres, France. Oddly, the rest of the squadron returned without bombing (no explanation in the ORB)
Flying Officer H R Baldwin (RCAF), Sergeant A J Guluche (RCAF), Flight Sergeant G R McGillvray (RCAF) survived and were all aided by the French Resistance but were all ultimately captured to become Prisoners of War
Pilot Officer H R A Catt (RCAF) evaded briefly before being captured to become a Prisoner of War
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