Pearce, R E (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1944-December-23

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RCAF

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582 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Flight Sergeant

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R/217626

Target
Google MapCologne Germany

Took off from Little Staughton at 10:29 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: 6O-P Bomber Command) on an operation to Cologne Germany.

Hit by Flak and then shot up by aircraft before falling onto 77 Haupstrasse at Köln-Rodenkirchen 7 km South East from the city centre.

Killed: Pilot Officer Kenneth Harry Austin RCAF J/90857 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Collective grave 7. C. 22-25. Flight Sergeant George Owen RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. C. 22-25. Sergeant John Paterson RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. C. 22-25. F/Lt Arndt Walther Reif RCAF J/86455 pilot KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. C. 22-25. Pilot Officer Peter Uzelman RCAF J/93105 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. C. 22-25.

POWs: Flight Sergeant J MacLennan RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant R E Pearce RCAF R/number POW camp not listed.

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster PB120

Pilot Officer Kenneth Harry Austin RCAF

Pilot Officer Austin, Kenneth Harry (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-December-23
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Flight Sergeant J MacLennan RCAF

Flight Sergeant MacLennan, J (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-December-23
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant R E Pearce RCAF

Flight Sergeant Pearce, R E (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-December-23
cemetery unknown

Flight Lieutenant Arndt Walther Reif RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Reif, Arndt Walther (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-December-23
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Pilot Officer Peter Uzelman RCAF

Pilot Officer Uzelman, Peter (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-December-23
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany