Downes, John Brian (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Prisoner of War 1942-07-27

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Home: Guelph, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

102 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Tentate Et Perficite Attempt and achieve

Base

RAF Topcliffe

Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/85727
PoW: 25095

Warrant Officer 1st Class John Brian Downes (RCAF) was safe, back in the UK 1945-05-11

Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 283

102 Ceylon Squadron (Tentate et perficite) RAF Topcliffe. Halifax II aircraft W1142 DY-A was shot down off the German coast during an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany. from where the survivors were rescued clinging to part of a wing section.

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