McKinnon, Vernon Lyle (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1945-March-05

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Neepawa, Manitoba

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

420 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Pugnamus Finitum We fight to the finish

Base

RAF Tholthorpe

Rank

Flying Officer

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420 Snowy Owl Squadron (Pugnamus Finitum) RAF Tholthorpe. Halifax BIII aircraft NP 959 PT-N lost during operations against targets in Chemnitz, Germany as part of "Operation Thunderclap", shot down by a night fighter after releasing bomb load. The Halifax was abandoned, the crew all surviving with various injuries and all were captured

Flying Officer VL McKinnon (RCAF) survived and was taken Prisoner of War

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