Torode, James

Killed in Action 1944-04-11

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Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Frederick Henry Thomas Torode & Violet Adelaide Torode

Home: Beauchamp Roding, Essex, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

576 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Carpe Diem Seize the opportunity

Base

RAF Elsham Wolds

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

1253971

Home
Google MapBeauchamp Roding, Essex, England
Target
Google MapCambrai France
First Burial
Google MapRoute De Solesmes Communal Cemetery, Cambrai, France

Took off from Elsham Wolds at 23:31 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code UL-R2 Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb railway yards at Cambrai France.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed between Cambrai (Nord) and Solesmes France.

Killed includes Torode:F/Lt Frank Sharpe Barnsdale RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 10.Sergeant Clifford Clamp RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 11.Pilot Officer Alexander Grant Campbell RCAF J/85824 KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery, Cambrai, France, Plot 1. Row A. Grave 14.Flight Sergeant Ernest Charles Edwards RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 15.Sergeant Grenville Malcombe Morris RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 12.Sergeant Kevin Joseph Willett RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 13.

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