Military Service
Service Number: R/101482
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 429 Sqdn. Bison Squadron
Warrant Officer Class 2 / Pilot.
Samuel enlisted in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 17, 1941.
He died when his plane, Wellington HE382, crashed during a raid on Duisburg, shot down by night fighter pilot.
The other members of the crew were:
Co-Pilot - Sergeant George Kenneth Thompson 1038224 RAF
Navigator - Sergeant Malcolm Penvil Brown 778810 RAF
Bomb Aimer - Warrant Officer II Frederick Hugh Purchase R/105100 RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - Sergeant Edwin Giles Litchfield 776126 RAF
Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant Frank Sydney Lane R/81411 RCAF
Samuel is also remembered on the RCAF memorial at Old Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery in Middleton, Nova Scotia.
Service Number: R/101482
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 429 Sqdn. Bison Squadron
Warrant Officer Class 2 / Pilot.
Samuel enlisted in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 17, 1941.
He died when his plane, Wellington HE382, crashed during a raid on Duisburg, shot down by night fighter pilot.
The other members of the crew were:
Co-Pilot - Sergeant George Kenneth Thompson 1038224 RAF
Navigator - Sergeant Malcolm Penvil Brown 778810 RAF
Bomb Aimer - Warrant Officer II Frederick Hugh Purchase R/105100 RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - Sergeant Edwin Giles Litchfield 776126 RAF
Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant Frank Sydney Lane R/81411 RCAF
Samuel is also remembered on the RCAF memorial at Old Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery in Middleton, Nova Scotia.
Military Service
Service Number: R/101482
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 429 Sqdn. Bison Squadron
Warrant Officer Class 2 / Pilot.
Samuel enlisted in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 17, 1941.
He died when his plane, Wellington HE382, crashed during a raid on Duisburg, shot down by night fighter pilot.
The other members of the crew were:
Co-Pilot - Sergeant George Kenneth Thompson 1038224 RAF
Navigator - Sergeant Malcolm Penvil Brown 778810 RAF
Bomb Aimer - Warrant Officer II Frederick Hugh Purchase R/105100 RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - Sergeant Edwin Giles Litchfield 776126 RAF
Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant Frank Sydney Lane R/81411 RCAF
Samuel is also remembered on the RCAF memorial at Old Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery in Middleton, Nova Scotia.
Service Number: R/101482
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 429 Sqdn. Bison Squadron
Warrant Officer Class 2 / Pilot.
Samuel enlisted in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 17, 1941.
He died when his plane, Wellington HE382, crashed during a raid on Duisburg, shot down by night fighter pilot.
The other members of the crew were:
Co-Pilot - Sergeant George Kenneth Thompson 1038224 RAF
Navigator - Sergeant Malcolm Penvil Brown 778810 RAF
Bomb Aimer - Warrant Officer II Frederick Hugh Purchase R/105100 RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - Sergeant Edwin Giles Litchfield 776126 RAF
Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant Frank Sydney Lane R/81411 RCAF
Samuel is also remembered on the RCAF memorial at Old Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery in Middleton, Nova Scotia.
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BELOVED SON AND BROTHER. TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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