Collins, G A (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Evader 1944-April-27

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RCAF

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106 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Metheringham

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

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Service Numbers

R/60042

Target
Google MapSchweinfurt Germany

Took off from Metheringham at 21:30 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: ZN-C Bomber Command) on an operation to Schweinfurt Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Chauffourt, Haute-Marne, France.

Killed: Flight Sergeant James Philip Keenan RCAF R/173638 KIA Chauffourt Churchyard Grave 3. Pilot Officer James Agnew Moffat RCAF J/92010 KIA Chauffourt Churchyard Grave 1. Pilot Officer Henry Thomas Peebles RCAF J/90560 KIA Chauffourt Churchyard Grave 2.

Evaders includes Collins: Pilot Officer William Gordon Fraser RAF Evader. Sergeant A McKenzie RAF Evader. Sgt D A Simpson RAF Evader.

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Lancaster ND850

Warrant Officer 2nd Class G A Collins RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Collins, G A (RCAF)

Evader
1944-April-27
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant James Philip Keenan RCAF

Flight Sergeant Keenan, James Philip (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-April-27
Churchyard Chauffourt, Haute-Marne, France

Pilot Officer John Agnew Moffat RCAF

Pilot Officer Moffat, John Agnew (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-April-27
Churchyard, Chauffourt, Haute-Marne, France

Pilot Officer Henry Thomas Peebles RCAF

Pilot Officer Peebles, Henry Thomas (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-April-27
Churchyard, Chauffourt, Haute-Marne, France