Military Service
Warrant Officer / Service Number: 657932
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group: No. 8 Pathfinders Force
Squadron: No. 7 RAF
Airfield: RAF Station Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster Mk.III - ND523 / Marking: NG-X
Trade: Air Gunner
Deceased: Age 24
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Took off 19:02 hrs. 22 Mar 1944 from Oakington to Frankfurt, Germany. Intercepted at 17,600 feet by a night-fighter while approaching target and set on fire, managed to clear the target area, but within seconds of ordering his crew to bale out, the Lancaster went into a spin and exploded.
Perished with fellow crew members;
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant William Sinclair Bremner - Air Gunner Age 24
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Edwin Haslam - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Age 22
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Anthony Fenton Gillman Leahy - Flight Engineer Age 34
R.A.F. Group Captain Kenneth Johnson Rampling - Pilot Age 31
Survived Crash (POW);
Warrant Officer William Charles Alexander
RAF / Service Number: 1388484
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
Act/Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ferguson (DFM)
RAF / Service Number: 50960
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
Flight Sergeant Frederick Charles Marshall
RAF / Service Number: 1338404
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star with Bomber Command Bar, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany bar, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945
Commemoration(s):
- Phase 2 Panel 209 International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Canwick Ave, Lincoln LN4 2HQ, United Kingdom
Next of Kin: Son of John Auld McHaffie and Lydia Emily McHaffie, of Plymouth.
Warrant Officer / Service Number: 657932
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group: No. 8 Pathfinders Force
Squadron: No. 7 RAF
Airfield: RAF Station Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster Mk.III - ND523 / Marking: NG-X
Trade: Air Gunner
Deceased: Age 24
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Took off 19:02 hrs. 22 Mar 1944 from Oakington to Frankfurt, Germany. Intercepted at 17,600 feet by a night-fighter while approaching target and set on fire, managed to clear the target area, but within seconds of ordering his crew to bale out, the Lancaster went into a spin and exploded.
Perished with fellow crew members;
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant William Sinclair Bremner - Air Gunner Age 24
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Edwin Haslam - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Age 22
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Anthony Fenton Gillman Leahy - Flight Engineer Age 34
R.A.F. Group Captain Kenneth Johnson Rampling - Pilot Age 31
Survived Crash (POW);
Warrant Officer William Charles Alexander
RAF / Service Number: 1388484
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
Act/Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ferguson (DFM)
RAF / Service Number: 50960
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
Flight Sergeant Frederick Charles Marshall
RAF / Service Number: 1338404
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star with Bomber Command Bar, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany bar, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945
Commemoration(s):
- Phase 2 Panel 209 International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Canwick Ave, Lincoln LN4 2HQ, United Kingdom
Next of Kin: Son of John Auld McHaffie and Lydia Emily McHaffie, of Plymouth.
Military Service
Warrant Officer / Service Number: 657932
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group: No. 8 Pathfinders Force
Squadron: No. 7 RAF
Airfield: RAF Station Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster Mk.III - ND523 / Marking: NG-X
Trade: Air Gunner
Deceased: Age 24
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Took off 19:02 hrs. 22 Mar 1944 from Oakington to Frankfurt, Germany. Intercepted at 17,600 feet by a night-fighter while approaching target and set on fire, managed to clear the target area, but within seconds of ordering his crew to bale out, the Lancaster went into a spin and exploded.
Perished with fellow crew members;
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant William Sinclair Bremner - Air Gunner Age 24
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Edwin Haslam - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Age 22
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Anthony Fenton Gillman Leahy - Flight Engineer Age 34
R.A.F. Group Captain Kenneth Johnson Rampling - Pilot Age 31
Survived Crash (POW);
Warrant Officer William Charles Alexander
RAF / Service Number: 1388484
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
Act/Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ferguson (DFM)
RAF / Service Number: 50960
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
Flight Sergeant Frederick Charles Marshall
RAF / Service Number: 1338404
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star with Bomber Command Bar, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany bar, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945
Commemoration(s):
- Phase 2 Panel 209 International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Canwick Ave, Lincoln LN4 2HQ, United Kingdom
Next of Kin: Son of John Auld McHaffie and Lydia Emily McHaffie, of Plymouth.
Warrant Officer / Service Number: 657932
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group: No. 8 Pathfinders Force
Squadron: No. 7 RAF
Airfield: RAF Station Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster Mk.III - ND523 / Marking: NG-X
Trade: Air Gunner
Deceased: Age 24
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Took off 19:02 hrs. 22 Mar 1944 from Oakington to Frankfurt, Germany. Intercepted at 17,600 feet by a night-fighter while approaching target and set on fire, managed to clear the target area, but within seconds of ordering his crew to bale out, the Lancaster went into a spin and exploded.
Perished with fellow crew members;
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant William Sinclair Bremner - Air Gunner Age 24
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Edwin Haslam - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Age 22
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Anthony Fenton Gillman Leahy - Flight Engineer Age 34
R.A.F. Group Captain Kenneth Johnson Rampling - Pilot Age 31
Survived Crash (POW);
Warrant Officer William Charles Alexander
RAF / Service Number: 1388484
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
Act/Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ferguson (DFM)
RAF / Service Number: 50960
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
Flight Sergeant Frederick Charles Marshall
RAF / Service Number: 1338404
POW Camp(s): Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star with Bomber Command Bar, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany bar, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945
Commemoration(s):
- Phase 2 Panel 209 International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Canwick Ave, Lincoln LN4 2HQ, United Kingdom
Next of Kin: Son of John Auld McHaffie and Lydia Emily McHaffie, of Plymouth.
Inscription
Royal Air Force
Age 24
Greater love
Hath no man than this,
That a man lay down
His life for his friends
Gravesite Details
657932
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