Pearson, W E (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-August-28

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RCAF

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83 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Flying Officer

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Service Numbers

J/21611
PoW: 5296

Target
Google MapKonigsberg

Took off from Coningsby at 20:21 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: OL-C Bomber Command) on an operastion to Konigsberg.

Hit by Flak which killed Flying Officer Wilkinson and downed the aircraft

Killed: F/Lt John Hudson Wilkinson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 257. F/Lt Edwin John Clessie Richardson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 203. S/Ldr Robert Henry Schofield RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 201.

POWs: Sergeant Lawrence George Batchelor RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Flight Sergeant George William Chesters RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Flying Officer Leonard John Daniels RAF POW camp not listed. S/Ldr Ernest Neville Monkhouse Sparks RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang.