Rae, John Frederick Cairney (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1944-August-05
Birth Date: 1911-February-17
Born: Dalmuir, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Parents: Son of Martin and Rose Anne Rae
Spouse: Husband of Alice Rae, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Home: Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
148 (SD) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Trusty
Base
Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
2210115
Temporary Burial
Cemetery at Wojnarowa, Poland near crash site
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Halifax JP162
Mission
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JP162
SOE 1944-August-04 to 1944-August-05
148 (SD) Sqn (RAF) Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy
148 Squadron (Trusty) RAF, Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy. Halifax II aircraft JP 162 FS-S was returning from a successful operation to drop supplies for the Polish Home Army at Miechoiwa near Krakow, Poland when it was attacked and shot down by a ME-110 night fighter flown by Fw Helmut Konter of INJG 100. The Halifax crashed near the village of Wojnarowa, Poland with the loss of three air crew
Sergeant C Aspinall (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant JG McCall (RAFVR) and Sergeant JFC Rae (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer PJ Anderson (RCAF), Sergeant RO Peterson (RCAF), Sergeant WC Underwood (RAFVR) and Sergeant A Jolly (RAFVR) survived and all evaded capture and joined the Partisans until liberated and returned to the UK in March of 1945
Flights of the Forgotten, Special Duties Operations in World War Two by KA Merrick, page 208
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
148 Squadron Halifax II JP162 FS-S Fl/Lt McCall Wojnarowa Poland...
Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
75 rocznica zesterzelenia samolotu Halifax JP 162 Korzenna - YouTube
Halifax JP162 B/GR.Mk.II - SOE - 1944-08-04 to 1944-08-05
Squadron: 148 (SD) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-08-04
Completion Date: 1944-08-05
Mission: SOE
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy
Take Off Time: 19:45:00
Squadron Code: FS-S
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Poland
Crash Specifics: near the village of Wojnarowa
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Fw Helmut Konter of INJG 100
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
148 Squadron (Trusty) RAF, Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy. Halifax II aircraft JP 162 FS-S was returning from a successful operation to drop supplies for the Polish Home Army at Miechoiwa near Krakow, Poland when it was attacked and shot down by a ME-110 night fighter flown by Fw Helmut Konter of INJG 100. The Halifax crashed near the village of Wojnarowa, Poland with the loss of three air crew
Sergeant C Aspinall (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant JG McCall (RAFVR) and Sergeant JFC Rae (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer PJ Anderson (RCAF), Sergeant RO Peterson (RCAF), Sergeant WC Underwood (RAFVR) and Sergeant A Jolly (RAFVR) survived and all evaded capture and joined the Partisans until liberated and returned to the UK in March of 1945
Flights of the Forgotten, Special Duties Operations in World War Two by KA Merrick, page 208 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
148 Squadron Halifax II JP162 FS-S Fl/Lt McCall Wojnarowa Poland...
Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
75 rocznica zesterzelenia samolotu Halifax JP 162 Korzenna - YouTube