Galliard, John Douglas (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1944-December-04
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Service
RAFVR
Unit
619 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Altiora To higher things
Base
Strubby
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Wireless Operator
Service Numbers
1600952
Heilbronn GermanyCrew or Other Personnel
Lancaster ND932
Mission
Lancaster Mk.III ND932
Bombing Heilbronn Germany 1944-December-04 to 1944-December-04
619 (B) Sqn (RAF) Strubby
Took off from Strubby at 16:42 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code PG-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Heilbronn Germany.
Claim by Lt Peter Spoden Stab II/NJG6 - 20-30km South West of Heilbronn: 2,500m at 19:42. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
Hit as aircraft was approaching the target, the Marshalling Yard at Heidelberg. Starboard rudder was shot off. Crashed 60 miles from target.In Enemy Hands - Capadian Prisoners of War 1939-45
Killed: Flying Officer Stanley Victor Chambers RCAF J/88244 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Collective grave 4. F. 15-19. Flight Sergeant John Douglas Galliard RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. F. 15-19. Sergeant Archie Pascoe RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4. F. 14. Flight Sergeant Robert Prunkle RCAF R/202987 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. F. 15-19. Sergeant Charles John Reed RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. F. 15-19. Pilot Officer Ira Walter Shantz RCAF J/91118 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. F. 15-19.
Those who perished were initially buried in Unterriexingen Cemetery. Reinterred 16 August 1948Lancaster ND932 Mk.III - Bombing Heilbronn Germany - 1944-12-04 to 1944-12-04
Squadron: 619 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-12-04
Completion Date: 1944-12-04
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Heilbronn Germany
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Base: Strubby
Take Off Time: 16.42
Squadron Code: PG U
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Crash Reason: fighter
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Took off from Strubby at 16:42 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code PG-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Heilbronn Germany.
Claim by Lt Peter Spoden Stab II/NJG6 - 20-30km South West of Heilbronn: 2,500m at 19:42. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
Hit as aircraft was approaching the target, the Marshalling Yard at Heidelberg. Starboard rudder was shot off. Crashed 60 miles from target.In Enemy Hands - Capadian Prisoners of War 1939-45
Killed: Flying Officer Stanley Victor Chambers RCAF J/88244 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Collective grave 4. F. 15-19. Flight Sergeant John Douglas Galliard RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. F. 15-19. Sergeant Archie Pascoe RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4. F. 14. Flight Sergeant Robert Prunkle RCAF R/202987 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. F. 15-19. Sergeant Charles John Reed RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. F. 15-19. Pilot Officer Ira Walter Shantz RCAF J/91118 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. F. 15-19.
Those who perished were initially buried in Unterriexingen Cemetery. Reinterred 16 August 1948