McKim, D W (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1942-December-03

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Home: Delhi, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

102 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Tentate Et Perficite Attempt and achieve

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/9776
PoW: 867

Took off from Pocklington at 01:38 in Halifax Mark II (Sqn code: DY- Bomber Command) for a bombing operation against Frankfurt am Main in Hessen Germany.

The aircraft was shot down by night fighter and crashed near Laumersheim

Killed: Flight Sergeant Theodore Ian Mardon Edwards RCAF R/97583 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref: 20. A. 26. Sergeant Cyril John Pope RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref: 20. A. 27.

POWs in addition to McKim: Sergeant Horace Arthur Ernest Chapman RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Francis Samuel May RCAF R/95152 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Eric Norman Neilson RAF POW Stalag Luft L4 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant George Edward Nutter RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.

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