Schott, Richard (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-June-22

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Miami, Manitoba

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

44 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fulmina Regis Lusta The king's thunderbolts are righteous

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Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Mid Upper Gunner

Service Numbers

J/88038
PoW: 327

Target
Google MapWesseling

Took off from Dunholme Lodge at 22:55 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: KM-P Bomber Command) on an operation to Belgium.

Crashed near Lanklaar Limburg Holland

Killed Pilot Officer Neville John Wingrove Scholtz RAF KIA Lanklaar Communal Cemetery Collective grave 1-7. Flight Sergeant John Campbell Willsson RCAF R/145481KIA Lanklaar Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 1-7.

POW includes Schott: Sergeant William Donald Wesseling Barnett RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Sergeant Francis Preston RAF POW camp not listed. Sergeant Wilfred Thomas Wainwright RAF POW camp not listed.

Evaded: Warrant Officer Class 2 L P Tobin RAF Evader.

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