Lancaster (#JB 684) aircraft took off from Grantham Lodge, Lincolnshire, on a night raid against the railway yards in Laon, France. Shot down by a night fighter, the Lancaster crashed at Conde-sur-Aisne, 12 Km E. of Soissons, France; all seven aircrew members perished.
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/85550
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 ('City Of Vancouver') Squadron ['Ducimus'='WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
Employed by the Canadian Western Box Company, residing on Sherbrooke Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 Oct 1942 in Winnipeg.
Son of Michael and Daisy (née Woytowych sp?) Grodecki of Erickson, Manitoba [father born in Poland; mother born on Manitoba].
Pilot Officer Joseph Grodecki is commemorated on Page 323 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/85550
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 ('City Of Vancouver') Squadron ['Ducimus'='WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
Employed by the Canadian Western Box Company, residing on Sherbrooke Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 Oct 1942 in Winnipeg.
Son of Michael and Daisy (née Woytowych sp?) Grodecki of Erickson, Manitoba [father born in Poland; mother born on Manitoba].
Pilot Officer Joseph Grodecki is commemorated on Page 323 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Lancaster (#JB 684) aircraft took off from Grantham Lodge, Lincolnshire, on a night raid against the railway yards in Laon, France. Shot down by a night fighter, the Lancaster crashed at Conde-sur-Aisne, 12 Km E. of Soissons, France; all seven aircrew members perished.
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/85550
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 ('City Of Vancouver') Squadron ['Ducimus'='WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
Employed by the Canadian Western Box Company, residing on Sherbrooke Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 Oct 1942 in Winnipeg.
Son of Michael and Daisy (née Woytowych sp?) Grodecki of Erickson, Manitoba [father born in Poland; mother born on Manitoba].
Pilot Officer Joseph Grodecki is commemorated on Page 323 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/85550
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 ('City Of Vancouver') Squadron ['Ducimus'='WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
Employed by the Canadian Western Box Company, residing on Sherbrooke Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 29 Oct 1942 in Winnipeg.
Son of Michael and Daisy (née Woytowych sp?) Grodecki of Erickson, Manitoba [father born in Poland; mother born on Manitoba].
Pilot Officer Joseph Grodecki is commemorated on Page 323 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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