Nathanson, Nathan Edwin (Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-June-24

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Westmount, Quebec

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

149 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fortis Nocte Strong by night

Base

RAF Lakenheath

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Rear Gunner

Service Numbers

R/225323
PoW: 565

Home
Google MapWestmount, Quebec
Target
Google MapMannheim Germany

Took off from Chedburgh 23:30 in Stirling (Sqn code OJ-A Bomber Command).

Shot down by a combination of flak and night fighters, crashing 03:09 into the sea off the Dutch village of Noordwijk aan Zee between the towns of Katwijk aan Zee and Zandvoort. Nathanson was the only survivor

Killed: Sergeant Roland Graham Akers RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 140. Sergeant John Alfred Hitchins RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 153. Sergeant Thomas Jones RAF KIA Noordwijk General Cemetery Plot 6. Joint grave 2. Sergeant Charles Kenneth Miller RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 159. Sergeant Solomon Seward RAF KIA Bergen General Cemetery Plot 2. Row C. Grave 13. Sergeant Ronald Albert Hurworth Smith RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 165. Sergeant Peter David Straton RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 166.