Martin, Ray Burt (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1941-November-08

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Waterton, New York, USA

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

99 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Quisque Tenax Each tenacious

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Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Wireless Operator

Service Numbers

J/15496
PoW: 24516

Home
Google MapWaterton, New York, USA
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany

Took off from Waterbeach at 17:21 in Wellington Mk Ic (Sqn code: LN-F Bomber Command) on a raid to Berlin.

West of Hanover at 16000 ft the Wellington's engines and surfaces iced up and the aircraft became uncontrollable. At 10000 ft the pilot gave orders to prepare to bail out and at 4000 ft the crew bailed out.

Killed: Sergeant Ronald Joshua Bell RAF first to bail out parachute failed to open. Killed by the fall. Becklingen War Cemetery Ref : 13. E. 5.

POWs: Sergeant J H Bowman RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. F/Lt John Patrick Dickinson RAF POW Oflag O4C Saalhaus Colditz. Sergeant Arthur Featherstone RCAF R/69708 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Ray Burt Martin RCAF R/67044 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer Philip Roy Searcy RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria,