Cross, Garfield Wallace (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1945-January-06

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Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

RAF Lissett

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/36865

Home
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Target
Google MapHanover Germany

Took off from Lissett at 17:01 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code NP-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to Hanover Germany.

Lost (means not found) near Hanover. The Halifax crashed somewhere between Bremen and Hanover with the loss of one crew member.

Killed: Sergeant George Dacey RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 274.

POWs: Flying Officer Garfield Wallace Cross RCAF J/36865 POW camp not listed, Warrant Officer Class 2 Gerald Edward Marion RCAF R/143398 POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant James David Edward Rae RCAF R/193773 POW camp not listed. Flying Officer Arthur Gold Robertson RCAF J/28663 POW camp not listed. Sergeant John Joseph Bromfield RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang Flight Sergeant Thomas Murdoch Laurie RAF POW camp not listed.

Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock page 274

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax MZ432

Sergeant John Joseph Bromfield RAFVR

Sergeant Bromfield, John Joseph (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Prisoner of War
1945-January-06
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Garfield Wallace Cross RCAF

Flying Officer Cross, Garfield Wallace (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Prisoner of War
1945-January-06
cemetery unknown

Sergeant George Dacey RAFVR

Sergeant Dacey, George (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1945-January-06
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Thomas Murdoch Laurie RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Laurie, Thomas Murdoch (RAFVR)
Navigator
Prisoner of War
1945-January-06
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2 Gerald Edward Marion RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Marion, Gerald Edward (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Prisoner of War
1945-January-06
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant James David Edward Rae RCAF

Flight Sergeant Rae, James David Edward (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Prisoner of War
1945-January-06
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Arthur Gold Robertson RCAF

Flying Officer Robertson, Arthur Gold (RCAF)
Pilot
Prisoner of War
1945-January-06
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Arthur Gold Robinson RCAF

Flying Officer Robinson, Arthur Gold (RCAF)
Pilot
Prisoner of War
1945-January-06
cemetery unknown

Mission

Halifax B.Mk.III MZ432

Bombing Hanover Germany 1945-January-05 to 1945-January-06

158 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Lissett

158 Squadron RAF (Strength in Unity) RAF Lissett. Halifax III aircraft MZ 432 NP-Q failed to return from operations against targets in Hanover, Germany. Cause of loss was not determined but most likely from an night fighter but there was also accurate heavy flak. The Halifax crashed somewhere between Bremen and Hanover with the loss of one crew member

Sergeant G Dacey (RAFVR) was missing, presumed killed in action

Sergeant Dacey has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Flying Officer GW Cross (RCAF), Flying Officer AG Robertson (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 GE Marion (RCAF), FS FDE Rae (RCAF), FS TM Laurie (RAFVR) and Sergeant JJ Bromfield (RAFVR) baled and survived. All were taken as Prisoners of War

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