McIntyre, James Robert (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-September-24

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Birth Date: 1923

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAAF

Unit

576 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Carpe Diem Seize the opportunity

Base

RAF Elsham Wolds

Rank

Flight Sergeant

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Service Numbers

426653

Target
Google MapNeuss Germany
Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
At 1851 hours on the night of 23 September 1944, Lancaster NM711 took off from Elsham Wolds, detailed to bomb Neuss, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after takeoff and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed at 2020 hours about 1km south east of Kapellen on the southern outskirts of Moers, Germany, and all the crew members were killed.