Locke, John Benson (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Prisoner of War 1942-July-16

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Home: Lennoxville, Quebec

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

149 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fortis Nocte Strong by night

Base

RAF Lakenheath

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

2nd Pilot

Service Numbers

R/79194
PoW: 24957

Home
Google MapLennoxville, Quebec
Target
Google MapLubeck Germany

Took off from Lakenheath at 19:02 in Stirling Mark I (Sqn code: OJ-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Lubeck Germany.

Hit by a combination of Luftwaffe and Marine flak and crash landed at Steinfeld, Germany

Killed: Sergeant Harry Leslie Duckworth RAF, KIA Kiel War Cemetery Sergeant Charles Thomas Shepherd RAF KIA Kiel War Cemetery

POWs includes Locke: Pilot Officer A W Mace RAAF POW Stalag Luft 3, Sagan. Pilot Officer J M P Forward pilot RAF POW Stalag Luft 3, Sagan. Pilot Officer F J Austin RAF POW Stalag Luft 3, Sagan. Sergeant C Turner RAF POW Stalag Luft 3, Sagan. Sergeant G S Burnett RAF, POW Stalag Luft 3, Sagan.