McDougall, Lauchlan (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-April-11

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Home: Gore Bay, Ontario

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Service

RCAF

Unit

83 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike To Defend

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Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/25032
PoW: 4253

Home
Google MapGore Bay, Ontario
Target
Google MapAachen Germany

Took off from Wyton at 20:44 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: OL-E Bomber Command) on an operation to Aachen.

Over the target, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak. It crashed near the post office in the Schützenstraße.

Killed: F/Lt Peter Frederick Denny RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref: 6. B. 8. Sergeant James Grier RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref: 17. D. 21. Sergeant David Morrison Lees RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref: Coll. grave 6. B. 5-6. Sergeant James Alexander Logan RCAF R/194248 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref: Coll. grave 6. B. 5-6. Flying Officer Harry Mcnaughton Martin RCAF J/24644 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref: 6. B. 7. Sergeant Henry James Wilson RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref: Coll. grave 6. B. 5-6.

POW: Flying Officer Lauchlan McDougall RCAF J/25032 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.