Mills, Adam Francis Hirst (Squadron Leader)

Prisoner of War 1941-August-12

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Home: Calgary, Alberta

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

18 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Animo Et Fide With courage and faith

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Rank

Squadron Leader

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/3729
PoW: 3706

Home
Google MapCalgary, Alberta
Target
Google MapKoln-Knapsack

Took off from Horsham St Faiths at 09:25 in Blenheim Mk IV (Sqn code: WV-V Bomber Command) for an operation against the Knapsack power station at Hürth in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and had to ditch off the Dutch coast

The crew survived and were taken POW; Pilot Officer Adam Francis Hirst Mills RCAF J/3729 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Leslie Charles Mitchell RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Pilot Officer William Arthur Staniland RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.