Turner, Newton Herron (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War unkown date

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Home: Toronto, Ontario

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Service

RCAF

Unit

227 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)

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Rank

Flying Officer

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Service Numbers

J/15376
PoW: 722

Took off to bomb the Heraklion Aerodrome on Crete.

After competing its bomb run on the Aerodrome, the aircraft was hit by flak caught fire and later crashed at Kastelli Pediada Crete.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Allan Edwin Carson RAAF KIA Suda Bay War Cemetery grave 5. E. 6. Greece. F/Lt Alan Egbert Hacking RAF KIA Suda Bay War Cemetery grave 16. C. 8. Flight Sergeant William Jeremiah Porritt RCAF R/58432 POW Suda Bay War Cemetery grave 16. C. 7 F/Lt A E Hacking RAF KIA grave not listed.

POWs includes Turner: Sergeant S Bradley RAF POW camp not listed. Sergeant J W McFarlane RAF POW camp not listed.