Turner, Laverne Elmer (Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-April-08

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Birth Date: 1922

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Service

RCAF

Unit

419 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Moosa Aswayita Beware of Moose

Base

Middleton St George

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

R/85055
PoW: 1105

1943-04-08: Took off 21:47 from Middleton St. George on a mission to Duisburg, Germany.

Turner was the only survivor of the crash and was a POW.

The other six crewmen were killed in the crash and buried in the Reichswald Forrest War Cemetery: Sergeant Reginald John Amos RAF KIA Coll. grave 2. F. 2-4. Flying Officer Arthur Reginald Hickey RCAF KIA Coll. grave 2. F. 2-4. Sergeant Kenneth Herbert Goidbold RAF KIA grave 2. G. 18. Sergeant Percy John Ireland RCAF KIA Coll. grave 2. F. 2-4. Sergeant John Hubert Morris RCAF KIA grave 2. G. 17. Flight Sergeant Delmar Cyril Way RCAF KIA

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