Marion, Gerald Edward (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1945-January-06

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Service

RCAF

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158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Lissett

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Air Gunner (Rear)

Service Numbers

R/143398

Warrant Officer Class 2 Marion was injured when captured 1945-01-06 and sent to the Luftwaffe hospital at Rotenburg but his POW information is not known

Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock page 352

Mission

Halifax B.Mk.III MZ432

Bombing Hanover Germany 1945-January-05 to 1945-January-06

158 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Lissett

158 Squadron RAF (Strength in Unity) RAF Lissett. Halifax III aircraft MZ 432 NP-Q failed to return from operations against targets in Hanover, Germany. Cause of loss was not determined but most likely from an night fighter but there was also accurate heavy flak. The Halifax crashed somewhere between Bremen and Hanover with the loss of one crew member

Sergeant G Dacey (RAFVR) was missing, presumed killed in action

Sergeant Dacey has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Flying Officer GW Cross (RCAF), Flying Officer AG Robertson (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 GE Marion (RCAF), FS FDE Rae (RCAF), FS TM Laurie (RAFVR) and Sergeant JJ Bromfield (RAFVR) baled and survived. All were taken as Prisoners of War

Unvetted Source 158 Squadron Halifax III MZ432 NP-Q F/O. Robertson, RAF Lissett,...

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