NABORS, JAMES CANNON FS(P) R109700. From PauIs Valley, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Killed Jun 7/43 age 24. #56 Operational Training Unit (Prelude To Proficiency). FS Nabors was killed when his Hurricane aircraft #P 5458 spun into the ground, from 6,000 feet, at Broomknow Farm, Scotland. He had been slightly injured on June 2, 1942 at #4 E.F.T.S.,… Read More
MORRISON, ALEXANDER JOHN F/O(BA) J28801. From Winnipeg, Manitoba. Killed in Action Jul 13/44 age 28. #103 Squadron (Noll Me Tangere). Lancaster aircraft #MD 993 crashed near Montiers-surSaulx during night operations over Revigny, France. Six RAF members of the crew, F/O P.J. Abbott, Sgts V.M. Clayton, P.R. Kewn, S.F. Labern, G. Miller, and P/O A.G. Gleeson… Read More
MIDDLETON, ALLAN JOHN F/O(N) J14502. From Medicine Hat, Alberta. Killed in Action Aug 10/43 age 21. #405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. Target – Mannheim, Germany. Please see Pickering C.W. for casualty list and flight detail. Flying Officer Navigator Middleton is buried in the Communal Cemetery, Florennes, Namur, Belgium. MIDDLETON, CHARLES GOVAN F/O(P)… Read More
MCKIE, ALLISON BOYCE SGT(P) R72679. From Southport, Prince Edward Island. Killed Nov 11/41 age 20. #58 Operational Training Unit. Sgt McKie was flying Spitfire aircraft #L 1083 on a formation flying exercise when r/t contact was lost near Grangemouth. Sergeant Pilot McKie is buried in the Grandsable Cemetery, Grangemouth, Scotland. MCKIE, DONALD GALLOWAY WATT F/O(P)… Read More
MCBETH, JOHN WO1(WAG) R102703. From Toronto, Ontario. Killed Jul 31/44 age 27. #282 Squadron. Warwick aircraft crashed. Please see Miettinen V.V. for casualty list and flight detail. Warrant Officer Class I Wireless Operator Air Gunner McBeth is buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England. MCBRATNEY, WILLIAM THOMAS BEILBY P/O(013) J85161//R106199. From Flin Flon,… Read More
MACWILLIAM, WALTER ALEXANDER P/O(AG) J92159//R250773. From MacGregor, Manitoba. Killed in Action Oct 6/44 age 24. #7 Squadron (Per Diem Per Noctum), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster aircraft #PB 241 missing from a trip to Scholven/Buer, Germany. Three Canadians, F/O Beaune, FS Etheridge, and F/L Milligan were taken Prisoners of War. Three of the crew, not Canadians, missing… Read More
MABEE, FRANKLIN THOMAS WO2(WAG) R156988. From Hamilton, Ontario. Killed in Action May 6/44 age 20. #160 Burma Squadron (Api Soya Paragasamu). Liberator aircraft lost. Please see WO G.E. Cooper for casualty list and other detail. Warrant Officer Class II Wireless Operator Air Gunner Mabee has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Singapore… Read More
KAECHELE, EMMET SOLOMAN F/O(BA) J92691//R169652. From Bowden, Alberta. Killed in Action Mar 5/45 age 27. #420 Snowy Owl Squadron (Pugnamus Finitum). Target – Chemnitz, Germany. Please see F/O R. George Smith for casualty list and flight detail. Flying Officer Bomb Aimer Kaechele is buried in the Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. KAESEMODEL, ERNEST… Read More
JACK, DONALD LAWRENCE F/O(P) J37117. From Montreal, Quebec. Killed in Action Sep 23/44 age 21. #437 Husky Squadron (Omnia Passim). Dakota aircraft crashed. Please see O’Sullivan D.J. for casualty list and flight detail. Flying Officer Pilot Jack was buried by a Dutch civilian near the scene of the crash, exhumed, and reburied in the Airborne… Read More
HORNELL, DAVID ERNEST F/L(P) J7594 V.C. From Mimic, Ontario. Killed in Action Jun 24/44 age 34. #162 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron (Sectabimur Usque Per lma). Canso aircraft #9754 was shot down off Iceland while attacking a surfaced enemy submarine. Even though one engine of the aircraft was on fire the crew carried on the attack, sunk… Read More
