McConnell, John Ross (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-May-09

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

425 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Je te plumerai I shall pluck you

Base

RAF Tholthorpe

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Service Numbers

J/87052
PoW: 38

Took off from Tholthorpe at 01:25 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code: KW-A Bomber Command) tasked to bomb the railway yards in Belgium.

Shot down in flames from 7000 feet by a night-fighter and crashed in West-Vlaandiren Belgium

Killed: Pilot Officer John Walter Raymond Lafebvre RCAF J/88364 KIA Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Belgium Grave E. 459.

POWs: Flight Sergeant Joseph Arthur Adelard Aubry RCAF R/154231 POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Joseph Eustache Marcel Beluse RCAF R/194118 POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant John Harry Chant RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Pilot Officer John Ross McConnell RCAF J/87052 POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia

Evaders: Sgt R C Brown RCAF R/185580 Evader Warrant Officer Class 2 A A Cornier RCAF R/121517 Evader

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