Colley, Noel Sidney Caesar (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1945-February-02

Flight Lieutenant Noel Sidney Caesar Colley RAFVR

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: Robert Sidney & Daisy Mildred Colley

Spouse: Frances Joan Colley, of Moncton, New Brunswick

Home: Moncton, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

467 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
Recidite Adversarius Atque Ferociter Your opponents will retreat because of your courageous attack

Base

RAF Waddington

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

130650

Home

Moncton, New Brunswick

Target

Karlsruhe Germany

Temporary Burial

Karlsdorf Civil Cemetery, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Took off from Scampton at 19:51 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code PO-J Bomber Command) on an operation to Karlsruhe Germany.

Aircraft shot down (means not found) and crashed at Hohenwettersbach SE of Karlsruhe Germany.

Killed includes Colley: Flight Sergeant Frederick Jack Bean RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 1. F. 9. Flight Sergeant Phillip John Carter RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. F. 12-15. Flight Sergeant Frank Edgar Everatt RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. F. 12-15. Flying Officer James Magnus Inkster RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 1. F. 11. Pilot Officer Allan Harry Pearce RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. F. 12-15. WO Bertram Forbes Weber RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 1. F. 7. Sergeant Dennis George Howdle RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 1. F. 8.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster PB306

Flight Sergeant Frederick Jack Bean RAAF

Flight Sergeant Bean, Frederick Jack (RAAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1945-February-02
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Phillip John Carter RAAF

Flight Sergeant Carter, Phillip John (RAAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1945-February-02
cemetery unknown

Flight Lieutenant Noel Sidney Caesar Colley RAFVR

Flight Lieutenant Colley, Noel Sidney Caesar (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-February-02
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Frank Edgar Everatt RAAF

Flight Sergeant Everatt, Frank Edgar (RAAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-February-02
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Dennis George Howdle RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Howdle, Dennis George (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1945-February-02
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer James Magnus Inkster RAAF

Flying Officer Inkster, James Magnus (RAAF)
2nd Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-February-02
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Allan Harry Pearce RAAF

Pilot Officer Pearce, Allan Harry (RAAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1945-February-02
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer Bertram Forbes Weber RAAF

Warrant Officer Weber, Bertram Forbes (RAAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1945-February-02
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III PB306

Bombing Karlsruhe Germany 1945-February-02 to 1945-February-02

467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Waddington

467 Squadron RAAF (Recidite Adversarius Atque Ferociter) RAF Waddington. Lancaster III aircraft PB 306 PO-J was likely shot down by night fighter pilot Hptm Helmuth Schulte of Stab II/NJG6 over Karlsdorf, Germany on an operation against targets in Karlsruhe, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Hohenwettersbach South-East of Karlsruhe with the loss of the entire crew

Flight Lieutenant N S C Colley (RAF), Flying Officer J M Inkster (RAAF), Pilot Officer A H Pearce (RAAF), Warrant Officer B F Weber (RAAF), Flight Sergeant F E Everatt (RAAF), Flight Sergeant F J Bean (RAAF), Flight Sergeant P J Carter (RAAF) and Sergeant D G Howdle (RAFVR) were all killed in action

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