Service Number: J/17548
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 428 Sqdn.
Honours and Awards:
Distinguished Flying Cross
Flying Officer / Air Gunner.
He enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Apr 2, 1941.
Earle died when his plane, Lancaster KB846, crashed at the west side Rhine Bank at Krefeld, Germany after being shot down while on a bombing operation against Hagen.
The other members of the crew were:
Pilot - Flight Lieutenant J. D. C. Craton J/15666 RCAF (survived)
Flight Engineer - Pilot Officer G. T. Llewellin J/95384 RCAF
Navigator - Flight Lieutenant R. W. Newton J/17196 RCAF
Bomb Aimer - Flight Lieutenant R. C. Hamill 25 J/20884 RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - Flying Officer D. C. Graham J/18627 RCAF
Rear Gunner - Flying Officer B. B. Gray J/18650 RCAF (survived)
Service Number: J/17548
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 428 Sqdn.
Honours and Awards:
Distinguished Flying Cross
Flying Officer / Air Gunner.
He enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Apr 2, 1941.
Earle died when his plane, Lancaster KB846, crashed at the west side Rhine Bank at Krefeld, Germany after being shot down while on a bombing operation against Hagen.
The other members of the crew were:
Pilot - Flight Lieutenant J. D. C. Craton J/15666 RCAF (survived)
Flight Engineer - Pilot Officer G. T. Llewellin J/95384 RCAF
Navigator - Flight Lieutenant R. W. Newton J/17196 RCAF
Bomb Aimer - Flight Lieutenant R. C. Hamill 25 J/20884 RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - Flying Officer D. C. Graham J/18627 RCAF
Rear Gunner - Flying Officer B. B. Gray J/18650 RCAF (survived)
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