Saunders, John Victor (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1941-November-08

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Home: Oshawa, Ontario

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Service

RCAF

Unit

78 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

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Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

J/4778
PoW: 682

Home
Google MapOshawa, Ontario
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany

Took off from Croft at 22:27 in Whitley Mk V (Sqn code: EY- Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany

Aircraft shot down and abandoned by the crew over the target. It crashed at Neu Ruppin, 40 miles West of Berlin,

Killed: Sergeant Ernest Johnston Sargent RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. K. 5.

POWs includes Saunders: Sergeant Ernest Gerald Sydney Hall Freeman RAF POW Stalag Luft L4 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Thomas Hall RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Thomas Paterson RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Ernest Wilfred Penn RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.