Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 260
158 Squadron Association - Personnel Detail
Cantillon Reginald James - Online Museum of Prisoners of War
Cantillon, Reginald James (Sergeant)
Prisoner of War 1942-September-14
Birth Date: 1917-April-16
Born: Ballarat, Australia
Parents:
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity
Base
RAF East Moor
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Numbers
401230
PoW: 27045
Target
Bremen Germany
Crew or Other Personnel
Halifax BB205
Mission
Halifax B.Mk.II BB205
Bombing Bremen Germany 1942-September-13 to 1942-September-14
158 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF East Moor
158 Squadron (Strength in unity) RAF East Moor. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 205 NP-B was lost returning from an operation against targets in Bremen, Germany. Having been coned by the searchlights of 2/Reserve Flakscheinwerfer Ableilung 269 (Werfer 28)and struck by flak from 1 & 2/Schwere Flak Ableitung 163 (v), 1-3/Reserve Flak Abteilung 615, 1/Reserve Flak Abteilung 607 and 3 Reserve Flak Abteilung 265 as it passed over Bremen. The Halifax was not shot down but the damaged engines later forced the crew to abandon the aircraft over the Netherlands before it crashed at Ter Idzard
Warrant Officer 1st Class Clarence Albert Hunt (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Leroy John Soper (RCAF), Sergeant Robert Henry Dawson Bren (RAFVR), Sergeant Reginald James Cantillon (RAFVR), Sergeant David Fozzard Readman (RAFVR), Sergeant John Joseph Reid (RAFVR) and Sergeant Frederick Caldwell (RAFVR) all survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 93
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Halifax BB205 B.Mk.II - Bombing Bremen Germany - 1942-09-13 to 1942-09-14
Squadron: 158 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-09-13
Completion Date: 1942-09-14
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Bremen Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF East Moor
Take Off Time: 23:54:00
Squadron Code: NP-B
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Ter Idzard
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: 1 & 2/Schwere Flak Ableitung 163 (v), 1-3/Reserve Flak Abteilung 615, 1/Reserve Flak Abteilung 607 a
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
158 Squadron (Strength in unity) RAF East Moor. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 205 NP-B was lost returning from an operation against targets in Bremen, Germany. Having been coned by the searchlights of 2/Reserve Flakscheinwerfer Ableilung 269 (Werfer 28)and struck by flak from 1 & 2/Schwere Flak Ableitung 163 (v), 1-3/Reserve Flak Abteilung 615, 1/Reserve Flak Abteilung 607 and 3 Reserve Flak Abteilung 265 as it passed over Bremen. The Halifax was not shot down but the damaged engines later forced the crew to abandon the aircraft over the Netherlands before it crashed at Ter Idzard
Warrant Officer 1st Class Clarence Albert Hunt (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Leroy John Soper (RCAF), Sergeant Robert Henry Dawson Bren (RAFVR), Sergeant Reginald James Cantillon (RAFVR), Sergeant David Fozzard Readman (RAFVR), Sergeant John Joseph Reid (RAFVR) and Sergeant Frederick Caldwell (RAFVR) all survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 93
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database