Macafee, Robert Louis (Lou) (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Prisoner of War 1942-May-05

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Birth Date: 1919-July-28

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Home: Millstream, Kings County, New Brunswick

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

218 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
In Time

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Mid Upper Gunner

Service Numbers

R/64752
PoW: 74

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Took off from Marham at 21:50 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code: HA-A Bomber Command) on a raid to Germany.

Shot down (flak or night fighter) and crashed at Frankfurt. Macafee was the only survivor.

Seven dead in the crash: Flight Sergeant William Humphreys Gregg RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : 9. J. 8., Germany. Pilot Officer Joseph Ogden Heap RAF Pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : 9. J. 10. Sergeant Rowland Lennock RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : 9. J. 13. Flight Sergeant Leonard Aspinall Mayer RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : 9. J. 9. Sergeant Thomas Randall Sherwood RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : 9. J. 14. Sergeant Kenneth Wheeler RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : 9. J. 11. Sergeant Thomas Whyte RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : 9. J. 12.