405 Squadron's Pathfinder Force Avro Lancaster (#JA976) aircraft, on an air operation over Montzen, Belgium, was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Webbekom in Belgium. Seven of the eight aircrew perished in the attack and resulting crash.
The casualties of this attack were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
The only survivor, the pilot RCAF Squadron Leader Edward ('TEDDY') Weyman BLENKINSOP DFC, joined the underground; he was later captured and imprisoned, dying of tuberculosis in the Belsen Concentration Camp.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 1314683
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Son of Sydney and Mary Elizabeth Bradley of Caernarvon, Wales.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The casualties of this attack were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
The only survivor, the pilot RCAF Squadron Leader Edward ('TEDDY') Weyman BLENKINSOP DFC, joined the underground; he was later captured and imprisoned, dying of tuberculosis in the Belsen Concentration Camp.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 1314683
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Son of Sydney and Mary Elizabeth Bradley of Caernarvon, Wales.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
405 Squadron's Pathfinder Force Avro Lancaster (#JA976) aircraft, on an air operation over Montzen, Belgium, was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Webbekom in Belgium. Seven of the eight aircrew perished in the attack and resulting crash.
The casualties of this attack were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
The only survivor, the pilot RCAF Squadron Leader Edward ('TEDDY') Weyman BLENKINSOP DFC, joined the underground; he was later captured and imprisoned, dying of tuberculosis in the Belsen Concentration Camp.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 1314683
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Son of Sydney and Mary Elizabeth Bradley of Caernarvon, Wales.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The casualties of this attack were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
The only survivor, the pilot RCAF Squadron Leader Edward ('TEDDY') Weyman BLENKINSOP DFC, joined the underground; he was later captured and imprisoned, dying of tuberculosis in the Belsen Concentration Camp.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 1314683
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Son of Sydney and Mary Elizabeth Bradley of Caernarvon, Wales.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
Epitaph...
WE LOVED HIM SO,
WE MISS HIM YET
OUR HEARTS STILL ACHE
WE CANNOT FORGET. R.I.P.
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