King, Frank W E (Sergeant)

Evader 1944-09-09

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

88 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
En Garde Be on you guard

Base

RAF Hartford Bridge

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/208361

Boston Mk IIIa BZ-416 RH-T

Took off from Hartford Bridge to attack gun emplacements at Boulogne, France.

Shot down by flak and crew abandoned aircraft and took to their parachutes.

Killed:Sergeant Charles Franklin Adair RCAF R/221011 KIA Calais Canadian War Cemetery, Leubringhen, France, Plot 7. Row F. Grave 11.Flying Officer Mervyn K. Emsig RCAF J/39569 pilot KIA Calais Canadian War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row E. Grave 1.Flying Officer Robert James Calford RCAF J/40200 KIA Calais Canadian War Cemetery, Leubringhen, France, Plot 7. Row E. Grave 2.

Evader-POW:Sergeant Frank E W King RCAF R/208361 evaded initially, later captured and made POW camp not listed.

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Boston BZ416

Bombing Boulogne France 1944-September-09 to 1944-September-09

88 (B) Sqn (RAF) Vitry-en-Artois
Target - gun emplacements at Boulogne, France. Boston aircraft BZ 416 fell out of formation and was last seen at 3,000 feet in an inverted position and diving through cloud cover. Flying Officer M. Emsig and Sergeant C.F. Adair were also killed. One Canadian, Sergeant King, evaded.
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