Corbishley, Herbert (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Prisoner of War 1942-August-11

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Home: Penticton, British Columbia

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Service

RCAF

Unit

78 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

Base

RAF Middleton-St-George

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/74697
PoW: 25649

Home
Google MapPenticton, British Columbia
Target
Google MapMainz Germany

Took off from Middleton St George at 21:42 in Halifax Mark II (Sqn code: EY- Bomber Command) on an operation to Mainz Germany.

Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Igstadt, Wiesbaden, Germany

Killed: Sergeant John Arnold Mitchell RCAF R/93972 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 6. F. 28. Sergeant John Peart RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 91.

POWs: Sergeant Herbert Corbishley RCAF R/74697 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant Douglas Francis John Lemon RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Pilot Officer Eric Herbert RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.

The full crew of a Halifax bomber at this time in the war was seven men. The names of only five men have been found associated with this aircraft serial number. Either they actually flew missions this short-handed, OR there are names missing.