Collins, Walter Norman (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1941-August-25

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RAF

Unit

35 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Uno Anima Agimus We Act with One Accord

Base

RAF Linton-on-Ouse

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

617140

Target

Dusseldorf Germany

Final Burial

Communal Cemetery
Joint Grave 4-5

Took off from Linton-on-Ouse at 20:53 in Halifax Mk I (Sqn code TL-G Bomber Command) on an operation to Dusseldorf Germany.

Aircraft shot down (means not found) and crashed 15km north-west of Mons, Belgium.

Killed includes Collins: Sergeant James Blain Anderson RCAF R/54021 KIA Chievres Communal Cemetery Joint grave 1-2. Sergeant Jack Fuller RAF KIA Chievres Communal Cemetery Joint grave 1-2. Sergeant Alistair Alexander Stobie Heggie RAF KIA Chievres Communal Cemetery Joint grave 4-5. Pilot Officer Vivian Maxwell Markham RAF KIA Chievres Communal Cemetery Grave 3. Pilot Officer Jack McGregor-Cheers RAF pilot KIA Chievres Communal Cemetery Grave 7. Sergeant Thomas Percival McHale RAF pilot KIA Chievres Communal Cemetery Grave 6.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax L9572

Sergeant James Blain Anderson RCAF

Sergeant Anderson, James Blain (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1941-August-25
Communal Cemetery, Chievres, Hainaut, Belgium

Sergeant Walter Norman Collins RAF

Sergeant Collins, Walter Norman (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1941-August-25
Communal Cemetery, Chievres, Hainaut, Belgium

Sergeant Jack Fuller RAFVR

Sergeant Fuller, Jack (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1941-August-25
Communal Cemetery, Chievres, Hainaut, Belgium

Sergeant Alistair Alexander Stobie Heggie RAFVR

Sergeant Heggie, Alistair Alexander Stobie (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1941-August-25
Chievres Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium

Pilot Officer Vivian Maxwell Markham RAFVR

Pilot Officer Markham, Vivian Maxwell (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1941-August-25
Chievres Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium

Pilot Officer Jack McGregor-Cheers RAFVR

Pilot Officer McGregor-Cheers, Jack (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-August-25
Chievres Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium

Sergeant Thomas Percival McHale RAFVR

Sergeant McHale, Thomas Percival (RAFVR)
2nd Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-August-25
Chievres Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium

Mission

Halifax B.Mk.I L9572

Bombing Dusseldorf Germany 1941-August-24 to 1941-August-25

35 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Linton-on-Ouse

#35 Mardras Presidency Squadron (Uno Anirno Agimus) RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Halifax I aircraft L 9572 TL-G was shot down by night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Griese & Unteroffizier Schenke of the 1/NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 over Belgium. The Halifax was returning from an operation against the Marshalling Yards in Dusseldorf, Germany. The bomber crashed at Grosage, Chievres, Hainaut, Belgium

Sergeant JB Anderson (RCAF) Sergeant WN Collins (RAF), Sergeant J Fuller (RAFVR), Sergeant AAS Heggie (RAFVR), Sergeant TP McHale (RAFVR), Pilot Officer J McGregor-Cheers (RAFVR), and Pilot Officer VM Markham (RAFVR) were all killed in action. There were two pilots on board for this operation. (Detail referenced by S Hadaway)

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