Cornish, John Carlyle (Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-June-13

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Birth Date: 1921

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Home: Brucefield, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

460 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
Strike And Return

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Mid Upper Gunner

Service Numbers

R/156778
PoW: 304

Home
Google MapBrucefield, Ontario
Target
Google MapBochum Germany

Took off from Binbrook at 23:10 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code UV-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to Bochum Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed in the Ganzendiep river, near Grafhorst, Ijsselmuiden, Overijssel, Holland.

Killed: Sgt. R.O. Vaughan RAF pilot KIA Grafhorst General Cemetery, Holland grave B 47. Sergeant L F C Day RAF KIA Grafhorst General Cemetery grave A 44. Flight Sergeant D C P Lundie RAAF KIA Grafhorst General Cemetery grave B 45. Flying Officer C W R Young RAF KIA Grafhorst General Cemetery grave A 48. Sergeant D A Thomas RAF KIA Grafhorst General Cemetery grave A 46. Flight Sergeant A Gordon RAAF KIA Grafhorst General Cemetery grave B 43.

POW: includes Cornish

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I W4316

Bombing Bochum Germany 1943-June-13 to 1943-June-13

460 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). While on a mission to Bochum, Germany, Lancaster W 4316 was shot down by a night fighter. RCAF Sgt. J.C. Cornish (air gunner) was taken Prisoner of War. Casualties included RAAF Flt. Sgt's. A. Gordon (air gunner) and D.C.P. Lundie (navigator); RAF Sgt's. R.O. Vaughan (pilot), L.F.C. Day (flight engineer), and D.A. Thomas (wireless operator / air gunner); and RAF Flying Officer C.W.R. Young (bomb aimer).