McMillan, Raymond Gerald (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-July-29

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Birth Date: 1923

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Service

RCAF

Unit

61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Skellingthorpe

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/89930
PoW: 750

Target
Google MapStuttgart Germany

Took off from Skellingthorpe at 22:18 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: QR-T Bomber Command) on an operation to Sturttgart.

Aircraft shot down by a night fighter over France and crashed near Nierderseebach France.

Killed: Pilot Officer David Fraser Currie RCAF J/90350 KIA Choloy War Cemetery Joint grave 3. F. 9-10. Pilot Officer John Wallace Allan Mackie RCAF J/90349KIA Choloy War Cemetery Joint grave 3. F. 9-10. W/O William Reddington MacPherson RAF Pilot KIA Choloy War Cemetery Grave 3. F. 12. Sergeant Gerald Harry Postins RAF KIA Choloy War Cemetery Grave 3. F. 11. Sergeant William James Smith RAF KIA Choloy War Cemetery Grave 3. F. 7.

POW - in addition to McMillan Flying Officer Peter Paul Brosko RCAF J/28773 POW murdered by a German police officer.

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster LM452

Flying Officer Peter Paul Brosko RCAF

Flying Officer Brosko, Peter Paul (RCAF)
Navigator
Murdered
1944-July-29
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Pilot Officer David Fraser Currie RCAF

Pilot Officer Currie, David Fraser (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Pilot Officer John Wallace Allan Mackie RCAF

Pilot Officer Mackie, John Wallace Allan (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Warrant Officer William Reddington MacPherson RAFVR

Warrant Officer MacPherson, William Reddington (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Raymond Gerald McMillan RCAF

Pilot Officer McMillan, Raymond Gerald (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Prisoner of War
1944-July-29
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Gerald Harry Postins RAFVR

Sergeant Postins, Gerald Harry (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
cemetery unknown

Sergeant William James Smith RAFVR

Sergeant Smith, William James (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III LM452

Bombing Stuttgart Germany 1944-July-29 to 1944-July-29

61 (B) Sqn (RAF) Skellingthorpe

STUTTGART 494 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes of 1, 3, 5 and 8 Groups in the last raid of the current series on this target. German fighters intercepted the bomber stream while over France on the outward flight; there was a bright moon and 39 Lancasters were shot down, 7·9 per cent of the force.source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt