Cote, Leonard Elric Joseph (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Prisoner of War 1944-January-29

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RCAF

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158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Lissett

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/132351

Target
Google MapBerlin Germany

Took off from Lissett at 00:43 in Halifax Mark III (Sqn code: NP-J Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Hit by flak at 19000 feet over Berlin sustaining severe damage to the tail assembly. Aircraft force landed at Zandeweer, Groningen, Holland

POWs includes Cote: Pilot Officer David Rosenthal RCAF J/18612 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer Stanley Ernest Chapman RAF POW Dulag DL Wetzlar. Sergeant Leslie Arthur Cardall RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant George Edwin Hale RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Flight Sergeant Douglas Arthur Robinson RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Douglas Anderson Wilkinson RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.