Bailey, Royston Stanley (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1945-March-16

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Service

RAF

Unit

100 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok Malay

Base

RAF Grimsby

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Service Numbers

178374

Target
Google MapNuremberg Germany

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ND644

Pilot Officer Royston Stanley Bailey RAF

Pilot Officer Bailey, Royston Stanley (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1945-March-16
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Lyle Eugene Bedell RCAF

Flight Sergeant Bedell, Lyle Eugene (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-March-16
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flying Officer George Alfred Osborn Dauphinee RCAF

Flying Officer Dauphinee, George Alfred Osborn (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-March-16
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flying Officer Donald Bruce Douglas RCAF

Flying Officer Douglas, Donald Bruce (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1945-March-16
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Jeffrey,Mervyn Ronald Jeffrey RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Jeffrey,Mervyn Ronald (RAFVR)
Fligh Engineer
Killed in Action
1945-March-16
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant William Harvey Johnson RCAF

Flight Sergeant Johnson, William Harvey (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-March-16
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flying Officer William Richard Vale RCAF

Flying Officer Vale, William Richard (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1945-March-16
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Mission

Lancaster Mk.III ND644

Bombing Nuremberg Germany 1945-March-16 to 1945-March-16

100 (B) Sqn (RAF) Grimsby

Took off from Grimsby at 17:56 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: HW-N Bomber Command).

Shot down near Kraftshof some 8 km NNW from Nuremburg Bahnhof.

Five killed in crash: Flight Sergeant Lyle Eugene Bedell RCAF R/274955 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 7. B. 10. Flying Officer George Alfred Osborn Dauphinee RCAF J/41839 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 8. A. 23. Flight Sergeant Mervyn Ronald Jeffrey RAF 337545 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 5. H. 27. Flight Sergeant William Harvey Johnson RCAF R/134935 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 8. A. 24. Flying Officer William Richard Vale RCAF J/42694 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery.

Two POW,: Pilot Officer Royston Stanley Bailey RAF 178374 POW. Camp not identified. And Flying Officer D B Douglas camp not identified.