Military Service
Service Number: R/94118
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Warrant Officer Class 2 / Wireless Operator - Air Gunner.
Louis was the wireless operator/gunner on Stirling bomber R9263 that, on a mission to Bocholt, Germany, was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near the village of Akkerwoude, Netherlands, killing 6 of the 7 crew. (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).
Other members of the crew were:
Pilot - Pilot Officer E.C. Hallding, J/17288 RCAF, KIA
Flight Engineer - Sergeant F.A. Painter, 572221 RAF, POW
Navigator - Pilot Officer G. Wragge, 139947 RAF, KIA
Bomb Aimer - Sergeant N.A. Peachey, 122120 RAF, KIA
Air Gunner - Sergeant A.E. Emms, 1576201 RAF, KIA
Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant H. Sobel, R/133756 RCAF, KIA
Louis is also remembered on a marker and on a war memorial at Baron de Hirsch Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.
Service Number: R/94118
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Warrant Officer Class 2 / Wireless Operator - Air Gunner.
Louis was the wireless operator/gunner on Stirling bomber R9263 that, on a mission to Bocholt, Germany, was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near the village of Akkerwoude, Netherlands, killing 6 of the 7 crew. (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).
Other members of the crew were:
Pilot - Pilot Officer E.C. Hallding, J/17288 RCAF, KIA
Flight Engineer - Sergeant F.A. Painter, 572221 RAF, POW
Navigator - Pilot Officer G. Wragge, 139947 RAF, KIA
Bomb Aimer - Sergeant N.A. Peachey, 122120 RAF, KIA
Air Gunner - Sergeant A.E. Emms, 1576201 RAF, KIA
Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant H. Sobel, R/133756 RCAF, KIA
Louis is also remembered on a marker and on a war memorial at Baron de Hirsch Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.
Military Service
Service Number: R/94118
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Warrant Officer Class 2 / Wireless Operator - Air Gunner.
Louis was the wireless operator/gunner on Stirling bomber R9263 that, on a mission to Bocholt, Germany, was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near the village of Akkerwoude, Netherlands, killing 6 of the 7 crew. (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).
Other members of the crew were:
Pilot - Pilot Officer E.C. Hallding, J/17288 RCAF, KIA
Flight Engineer - Sergeant F.A. Painter, 572221 RAF, POW
Navigator - Pilot Officer G. Wragge, 139947 RAF, KIA
Bomb Aimer - Sergeant N.A. Peachey, 122120 RAF, KIA
Air Gunner - Sergeant A.E. Emms, 1576201 RAF, KIA
Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant H. Sobel, R/133756 RCAF, KIA
Louis is also remembered on a marker and on a war memorial at Baron de Hirsch Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.
Service Number: R/94118
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Warrant Officer Class 2 / Wireless Operator - Air Gunner.
Louis was the wireless operator/gunner on Stirling bomber R9263 that, on a mission to Bocholt, Germany, was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near the village of Akkerwoude, Netherlands, killing 6 of the 7 crew. (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find A Grave ID 47703868).
Other members of the crew were:
Pilot - Pilot Officer E.C. Hallding, J/17288 RCAF, KIA
Flight Engineer - Sergeant F.A. Painter, 572221 RAF, POW
Navigator - Pilot Officer G. Wragge, 139947 RAF, KIA
Bomb Aimer - Sergeant N.A. Peachey, 122120 RAF, KIA
Air Gunner - Sergeant A.E. Emms, 1576201 RAF, KIA
Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant H. Sobel, R/133756 RCAF, KIA
Louis is also remembered on a marker and on a war memorial at Baron de Hirsch Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.
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