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You searched for: “"JB707"”

#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 Blythtownsend-elwood-albert.htmlPilot OfficerJ/89962Age 25CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28LancasterIIIJB707LQ-MRAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire22:48HamburgSee Archive Report for detailKilledHaurvig Cemetery Denmark

Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 22nd December 1921 in Colton, Norfolk, England. The family emigrated to Canada in 1924. Educated at La Vérendrye, Earl Grey and Kelvin High Schools. Enlisted on the 08th October 1942 in Winnipeg. Worked as a clerk in a florist of the Hudson Bay Company. Trained at No.7 Initial Training School.

Son of Frederick Charles (died 02nd July 1957, age 64) and Emily Mary Blyth (died 07th October 1957), brother of Peter Frederick Thomas, of Suite 14, Anoka Apartments, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Epitaph: 'As We Loved Him So We Miss Him. Dad And Mum'.

Blythe Island in McCallum Lake in Manitoba, Canada was named after him in 1995.

Archive report on the loss

2 CarrottDerek CharlesSergeant1894153Age 19BritishFlight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28LancasterIIIJB707LQ-MRAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire22:48HamburgSee Archive Report for detailMissing - beloved killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 226

Son of Samuel Charles Frederick and Jessie Fraser Carrott, of North Finchley, Middlesex, England.

Archive report on the loss

3 DrewWendell PierceFlying OfficerJ/19200Age 23CanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28LancasterIIIJB707LQ-MRAF Gransden Lodge22:48HamburgShot down by a night fighterMissing - beloved killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 245.
Accident ReportParadie RCAF database

Archive report
4 GrayCharlesWing CommanderC/1724Age 36CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28LancasterIIIJB707LQ-MRAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire22:48HamburgSee Archive Report for detailMissing - beloved killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 243
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 27th March 1908 in London, England. Worked for London and Lancashire Insurance Company Ltd as accountant. Enlisted on the 29th November 1939 at Vancouver. Air gunner badge awarded on the 17th September 1943.and commissioned to Pilot Officer.

Son of Frank and Iris Irene Gray, of 3473 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Archive report on the loss

5 MorrowWilliam CliffordFlying OfficerJ/26642Age 27CanadianNavigatorRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28LancasterIIIJB707LQ-MRAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire22:48HamburgSee Archive Report for detailMissing - beloved killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 243
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 27th March 1908 in London, England. Worked for London and Lancashire Insurance Company Ltd as accountant. Enlisted on the 29th November 1939 at Vancouver. Air gunner badge awarded on the 17th September 1943.and commissioned to Pilot Officer.

Son of Frank and Iris Irene Gray, of 3473 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Archive report on the loss

6 PomeroyElwood CameronFlying OfficerJ/28798Age 20CanadianBomb AImerRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28LancasterIIIJB707LQ-MRAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire22:48HamburgSee Archive Report for detailMissing - beloved killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 247.
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 08th May 1924 in the USA. Enlisted on the 26th August 1942in Ottawa. Educated at Prescott High School.

Son of Lt. Cecil Benjamin Pomeroy (died 27th July 1974, age 73) and of Hazel Alice Pomeroy (nee Strout - died 05th October 1989, age 88), of 1325 Dorchester Street West, Prescott, Ontario, Canada

Archive report on the loss

7 TownsendElwood AlbertFlying OfficerJ/25935Age 22CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28LancasterIIIJB707LQ-MRAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire22:48HamburgSee Archive Report for detailMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 248
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 08th February 1922. Educated at Perth Public School and Western Commerce School. Worked for Toronto Union stockyard. Enlisted on the 13th April 1942. Trained at Belleville Initial Training School. Awarded his wings on the 30th April 1943. Announced to his parents in his last letter home that he had got engaged to a Scottish girl.

Son of William H. and Ida May Townsend, brother of William, Fred , of 7 Ruskin Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Archive report on the loss

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