Piercy, William Robert

Prisoner of War 1942-10-16

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Home: Stonewall, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

106 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Service Numbers

R/95339
PoW: 845

Took off from Syerston at 19:00 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code: ZN-W Bomber Command) on an operation to Köln Germany.

Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Homoet hamlet, Gelderland Holland.

Killed:Sg David Douglas Garbett RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery grave 4. G. 11.Pilot Officer Raymond Keith Marshall RNZAF pilot KIA Uden War Cemetery grave 2. I. 8.Sergeant Thomas Leonard Hill Piddock RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery grave 4. G. 12.

POWs includes Piercy:Pilot Officer Edward Ferguson White RCAF J/7916 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.Sergeant John Pierce Wilson RCAF R/91278 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug..Sergeant Jack Gaffney RAF Canadian 51499 Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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