Veasey, Dennis James (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Prisoner of War 1942-August-01

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Sherbrooke, Quebec

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

25 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Wireless Operator

Service Numbers

R/77350
PoW: 25142

Took off from Finningley at 23:41 in Wellington Mk IC (Sqn code: PP-D Bomber Command).

Shot down from 13000 feet by a night-fighter over Tilburg (Noord Brabant) Holland.

One casualty: Flight Sergeant William Francis Penney RCAF KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Holland.

Four POWs: Pilot Officer John Hamilton RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria Sergeant Saunders Valensky RCAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Sergeant Dennis James Veasey RCAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf F/Lt Patrick Pallis Lome Elphinstone Welch RAF POW Oflag O4C Saalhaus Colditz

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