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Flying Officer Earle Robert Evans

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Flying Officer Earle Robert Evans Veteran

Birth
Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Death
15 Mar 1945 (aged 22)
Krefeld, Stadtkreis Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Nederweert, Nederweert Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
IV. B. 7.
Memorial ID
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Military Service
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)
Military Service
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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DEAR OLD PAL HOW WE MISS YOU WE ARE LONELY TO-NIGHT. MOTHER AND DAD



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