Trumpour, John Grenfell (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Prisoner of War 1944-February-25

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RCAF

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100 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok Malay

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Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/115377
PoW: 2352

Took off from Grimsby at 18:22 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: HW-P Bomber Command).

Six of the eight man crew were killed in the crash. All were buried in buried in Durnbach War Cemetery. Two survived the crash and were made POWs.

Sergeant John Edward Tippleton RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus Sergeant Percy Roy Bourne RAF KIA W/C John Frederick Dilworth RAFKIA Sergeant John Hewitson RAF KIA Sergeant Arthur John Howard Merricks RAF KIA Flight Sergeant Phillip Henry Savage RAF KIA Sergeant Ernest Hamilton Victor Smith RAF KIA