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Home: Sperling, Nova Scotia
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Service
RCAF
Unit
214 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ultor In Umbris Avenging in the shadows
Base
RAF Chedburgh
Rank
Warrant Officer 1
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
R/110805
PoW: 43257
Berlin Germany
Liberated from Stalag 357, Warrant officer Class 1 Dales was safe, back in the UK 1945-05-08
Canadians in the Royal Airforce by Les Allison, pages 59-62
Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 276
214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron (Ulter in umbris) RAF Chedburgh. Stirling Mark III EF 401 BU-Y was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Rolland of the 12/NJG 1 during an operation against targets in Berlin Germany. The Stirling crashed at 01:05, 4 km west of Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.
Flight Sergeant Raymond Colin Chislett (RAFVR), Sergeant Andrew Cowan (RAFVR), Sergeant Stanley Harold Hopkins (RAFVR) and Sergeant Alfred Arthur Poulton (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Warrant Officer Class 1 John Walter Dales (RCAF), Pilot Officer Norman Arthur Parsons (RAF) and Sergeant William Edward Humphreys (RAF) all survived and were captured to become Prisoners of War
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
No 214 (FMS) Squadron RAF - Crews and Losses - Short Stirling
48 Halifaxes from 419, 427,428 and 434 Squadrons were joined by 11 Lancasters from 426 Squadron on an attack at Berlin. The crews were over the target at between 17,000 and 23,000 feet, releasing 88,000 lbs of high explosives and 115,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports, the target was cloud covered and bombing was scattered. There was many night fighters operating, most of the crews falling to their guns. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron (Ulter in umbris) RAF Chedburgh. Stirling Mark III EF 401 BU-Y was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Rolland of the 12/NJG 1 during an operation against targets in Berlin Germany. The Stirling crashed at 01:05, 4 km west of Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.
Flight Sergeant Raymond Colin Chislett (RAFVR), Sergeant Andrew Cowan (RAFVR), Sergeant Stanley Harold Hopkins (RAFVR) and Sergeant Alfred Arthur Poulton (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Warrant Officer Class 1 John Walter Dales (RCAF), Pilot Officer Norman Arthur Parsons (RAF) and Sergeant William Edward Humphreys (RAF) all survived and were captured to become Prisoners of War
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
No 214 (FMS) Squadron RAF - Crews and Losses - Short Stirling
