LABACH, PETER P/O(N) J86448//R158169 From St. Julien, Saskatchewan. Killed In  Action Feb.16/44 . age 22. #426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings Of Fire). Lancaster aircraft # DS 794 was shot down near Harderwijk, Holland during a night trip to Berlin, Germany. F/O. B.W. Pattie, P/O.s LT. Prosser, W.K. Love, O.W. Hicks, FS. L.W. Hicks, and one… Read More

P. F. CONNELL, DFM, a native of Saint John, N.B., had an outstanding record during the Second World War. Completing two tours of operational duty as an air gunner, he was a Charter Member of the Pathfinders Group. Mr. Connell was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal and commissioned in 1943. Phil returned from overseas in… Read More

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE Prisoners of War September, 1939 10 December, 1944. This appendix contains the names of those airmen wearing the uniform of the RCAF who were taken Prisoner of War from September, 1939 through to the end of December, 1944. Due to the vagaries of war there was no list of those who… Read More

SMITH, ALBERT F/O(AG) C15771 D.F.C. From Dunbarton, Ontario. Killed in Action Jun 13/43 age 22. #50 Squadron (From Defence To Attack). F/O Smith had completed 50 operations when his Lancaster aircraft #ED 828 went missing from a trip to Bochum, Germany, enemy action. F/O M.D. Hicks, Sgt A. Hunter (RAF), FS A.J. Mills (RAF), and… Read More

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

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

FOSTEY, ALLAN MARTIN P/O(AG) J95302//R1470 33. From Ridgeville, Manitoba. Killed in Action Feb 9/45 age 22. #405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. Target – Politz, Germany. Please see St. Pierre A.L. for casualty list and flight detail. Pilot Officer Air Gunner Fostey has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede… Read More

CREIGHTON, ALLAN DAVID P/O(AG) J19870 D.F.C. From Luseland, Saskatchewan. Killed in Action Jun 22/44 age 26. #49 Squadron (Cave Canem). Target – Wesseling, Germany. Lancaster aircraft #LL 900 was shot down at Welldorf/Julich, Germany during night operations to Wesseling, Germany. Three of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. Three of the crew and one… Read More

CORNER, MALCOM CHARLES S/L(P) 78746 – Royal Air Force. From Montreal, Quebec. Killed Apr 23/45 age 38. Squadron Leader Pilot Corner is buried in the Delhi War Cemetery, Delhi, India. CORNER, ROY HENRY CPL R61971 aero engine mechanic. From Lac Vert, Saskatchewan. Killed Dec 12/42 age 21. One of sixteen airmen killed in the Knights… Read More

BRYDEN, GEORGE ST. CLAIR CPL R107359 – service police. From Shelbrook, Saskatchewan. Died May 12/44 age 45. Death by natural causes. Corporal Bryden is buried in the Cemetery at Shel’brook, Saskatchewan. BRYDEN, HERBERT FS(OB) R89943. From Mount Dennis, Ontario. Killed in Action Jul 29/42 age 20. #419 Moose Squadron (Moosa Aswayita). Target – Hamburg, Germany…. Read More