Laing, R C (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-July-28

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RCAF

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78 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

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Pilot Officer

Position

Mid Upper Gunner

Service Numbers

J/89898
PoW: 463

Target
Google MapForet-de-Nieppe France

Took off from Breighton at 16:04 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code: EY-X Bomber Command) to attack the V-1 facility at Foret-de-Nieppe.

Shot down by Flak crashing 17:killed in the crash: 59 at Ramskapelle (West-Vlaanderen) 3 km SSE of Nieuwpoort.

F/Lt William Gladstone Hoffman RCAF J/26779 KIA St. Joris Communal Cemetery Grave 12. Flying Officer Russell Harry Winter RAF KIA St. Joris Communal Cemetery.

POWs: F/Lt William Ivan Bell RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang Pilot Officer Kevin William Leslie Burns RAF POW camp not identified. Flying Officer Ronald Edmund Collier RAF POW camp not identified.