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: Navigator
Service Number: J/88087
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 ('City Of Vancouver') Squadron ['Ducimus'='WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
A clerk by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 27 March 1942 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of James William and Anna Isabel (née McLean) Oliver of Killarney, Manitoba, Canada [father born in Ireland; mother born in Scotland].
Pilot Officer William Robert Oliver is commemorated on Page 408 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: Navigator
Service Number: J/88087
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 ('City Of Vancouver') Squadron ['Ducimus'='WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
A clerk by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 27 March 1942 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of James William and Anna Isabel (née McLean) Oliver of Killarney, Manitoba, Canada [father born in Ireland; mother born in Scotland].
Pilot Officer William Robert Oliver is commemorated on Page 408 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: Navigator
Service Number: J/88087
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 ('City Of Vancouver') Squadron ['Ducimus'='WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
A clerk by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 27 March 1942 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of James William and Anna Isabel (née McLean) Oliver of Killarney, Manitoba, Canada [father born in Ireland; mother born in Scotland].
Pilot Officer William Robert Oliver is commemorated on Page 408 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: Navigator
Service Number: J/88087
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 ('City Of Vancouver') Squadron ['Ducimus'='WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
A clerk by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 27 March 1942 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of James William and Anna Isabel (née McLean) Oliver of Killarney, Manitoba, Canada [father born in Ireland; mother born in Scotland].
Pilot Officer William Robert Oliver is commemorated on Page 408 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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