1943 March Quarter death registration-
Name: SNYDER, James J.---Age: 24
District: Acle (Volume & Page: 4b & 42)
23 OTU's Vickers Wellington X1695 aircraft, with six aircrew on board, crashed near Halvergate in Norfolk, after it had broken up in the air. Five airmen lost their lives in the crash, another dying of his injuries on the following day.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant James Joseph SNYDER,
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Samuel CORNFIELD,
RCAF Flying Officer Dalton Ross Alexander MacDOUGALL,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Portor LOVE,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Patrick ENRIGHT and
RAFVR Sergeant Thomas James WHALLEY.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: R/122037
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #23 Operational Training Unit (OTU) [RAF Pershore, Worcestershire]
Sergeant James Joseph Snyder is commemorated on Page 215 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
1943 March Quarter death registration-
Name: SNYDER, James J.---Age: 24
District: Acle (Volume & Page: 4b & 42)
23 OTU's Vickers Wellington X1695 aircraft, with six aircrew on board, crashed near Halvergate in Norfolk, after it had broken up in the air. Five airmen lost their lives in the crash, another dying of his injuries on the following day.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant James Joseph SNYDER,
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Samuel CORNFIELD,
RCAF Flying Officer Dalton Ross Alexander MacDOUGALL,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Portor LOVE,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Patrick ENRIGHT and
RAFVR Sergeant Thomas James WHALLEY.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: R/122037
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #23 Operational Training Unit (OTU) [RAF Pershore, Worcestershire]
Sergeant James Joseph Snyder is commemorated on Page 215 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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