Barnes, William Geoffrey
Killed in Action 1943-04-02
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Service
RAAF
Unit
57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Corpus Non Animum Muto I change my body, not my spirit
Base
RAF Scampton
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
1379802
Target
Saint-Nazaire France
Took off from Scampton at 20:07 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code DX-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Saint-Nazaire France.
Aircraft coned by searchlights and shot down by flak, during a raid on the Saint-Nazaire, France U-Boat pens.
Killed includes Barnes:Flight Sergeant Calvin Warren Dahl RCAF R/102105 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18.Pilot Officer Robert Leslie Pickup RAF 144185 Pilot KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18.Sergeant Roland William Lea RAF 577749 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18.Sergeant Arthur Eddie Bagley RAFVR 1236213 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18.Sergeant Henry Philip Hunter RAFVR 1332920 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18. Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Tester RAFVR 1397311 KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Plot L Row B Coll Grave 16-18.
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