Fitzgerald, F J (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1945-January-17

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RCAF

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578 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Google MapMagdeburg Germany

Took off from Burn at 18:23 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code: LK-T Bomber Command). Last heard on W/T at 19:51 broadcasting wind direction & speed

Shot down by night fighter and crashed S of Gross.

Two casualties in the crash: Flying Officer Robert Lenard Maloney RAAF 417657 KIA Venray War Cemetery VII. B. 12., Holland. Flying Officer Ivor Glyn Owen RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery, Ger.

Three POWs in addition to FitzG Sergeant Cyril George Atkins RAF POW no camp indentified. Sergeant Howard Gordon Skeats RAF POW no camp identified. Sergeant Thomas William Spencer RAF POW no camp identified.

Standard Halifax crew is seven, so one crewman name is still missing.