from the book :- They Shall Grow not Old, page 575
Ornstein, Morley F/O (N) J39972/ /R193892. From Windsor, Ontario. Killed in action Mar 23/45 age 22. #101 Squadron (Mens Agitat Molem) Target - Bremen, Germany Flying Officer Navigator Ornstein was buried in the Military Cemetery in Osterholtz, Germany. Was exhumed and reburied in the Becklingen War Cametery, Soltau Germany.
The crew of the Lancaster aircraft #DV 245 were engaged in a daylight raid when their aircraft exploded in mid-air. The wreckage came down in a field near Moordeich, five miles south-west of the target.
F O ( Air Gnr. ) William Eric Thoroldson
Sgt. Arthur William Greenhough
F S(W.Op.) William G Yeomans , all died in the incident.
Three others of the crew, not Canadians, missing, believed killed.
The following from a News item on Global News Edmonton. Work to get him a new marker with the Star of David on it is underway
Flying Officer Ornstein served as a navigator on a Lancaster bomber crew based in England. In March 1945, just a couple of months before V-E Day marked the end of the war in Europe, the crew was heading back from a daytime raid over Bremen, Germany when the Lancaster was hit by flak.
While the details aren’t all known, Ornstein is believed to have successfully bailed out of the crashing plane, but he and his parachute became caught in a tree on the way down. His family believed he was then shot dead while he was stuck, based on testimony later given by locals to investigators.
Ornstein, Morley F/O (N) J39972/ /R193892. From Windsor, Ontario. Killed in action Mar 23/45 age 22. #101 Squadron (Mens Agitat Molem) Target - Bremen, Germany Flying Officer Navigator Ornstein was buried in the Military Cemetery in Osterholtz, Germany. Was exhumed and reburied in the Becklingen War Cametery, Soltau Germany.
The crew of the Lancaster aircraft #DV 245 were engaged in a daylight raid when their aircraft exploded in mid-air. The wreckage came down in a field near Moordeich, five miles south-west of the target.
F O ( Air Gnr. ) William Eric Thoroldson
Sgt. Arthur William Greenhough
F S(W.Op.) William G Yeomans , all died in the incident.
Three others of the crew, not Canadians, missing, believed killed.
The following from a News item on Global News Edmonton. Work to get him a new marker with the Star of David on it is underway
Flying Officer Ornstein served as a navigator on a Lancaster bomber crew based in England. In March 1945, just a couple of months before V-E Day marked the end of the war in Europe, the crew was heading back from a daytime raid over Bremen, Germany when the Lancaster was hit by flak.
While the details aren’t all known, Ornstein is believed to have successfully bailed out of the crashing plane, but he and his parachute became caught in a tree on the way down. His family believed he was then shot dead while he was stuck, based on testimony later given by locals to investigators.
from the book :- They Shall Grow not Old, page 575
Ornstein, Morley F/O (N) J39972/ /R193892. From Windsor, Ontario. Killed in action Mar 23/45 age 22. #101 Squadron (Mens Agitat Molem) Target - Bremen, Germany Flying Officer Navigator Ornstein was buried in the Military Cemetery in Osterholtz, Germany. Was exhumed and reburied in the Becklingen War Cametery, Soltau Germany.
The crew of the Lancaster aircraft #DV 245 were engaged in a daylight raid when their aircraft exploded in mid-air. The wreckage came down in a field near Moordeich, five miles south-west of the target.
F O ( Air Gnr. ) William Eric Thoroldson
Sgt. Arthur William Greenhough
F S(W.Op.) William G Yeomans , all died in the incident.
Three others of the crew, not Canadians, missing, believed killed.
The following from a News item on Global News Edmonton. Work to get him a new marker with the Star of David on it is underway
Flying Officer Ornstein served as a navigator on a Lancaster bomber crew based in England. In March 1945, just a couple of months before V-E Day marked the end of the war in Europe, the crew was heading back from a daytime raid over Bremen, Germany when the Lancaster was hit by flak.
While the details aren’t all known, Ornstein is believed to have successfully bailed out of the crashing plane, but he and his parachute became caught in a tree on the way down. His family believed he was then shot dead while he was stuck, based on testimony later given by locals to investigators.
Ornstein, Morley F/O (N) J39972/ /R193892. From Windsor, Ontario. Killed in action Mar 23/45 age 22. #101 Squadron (Mens Agitat Molem) Target - Bremen, Germany Flying Officer Navigator Ornstein was buried in the Military Cemetery in Osterholtz, Germany. Was exhumed and reburied in the Becklingen War Cametery, Soltau Germany.
The crew of the Lancaster aircraft #DV 245 were engaged in a daylight raid when their aircraft exploded in mid-air. The wreckage came down in a field near Moordeich, five miles south-west of the target.
F O ( Air Gnr. ) William Eric Thoroldson
Sgt. Arthur William Greenhough
F S(W.Op.) William G Yeomans , all died in the incident.
Three others of the crew, not Canadians, missing, believed killed.
The following from a News item on Global News Edmonton. Work to get him a new marker with the Star of David on it is underway
Flying Officer Ornstein served as a navigator on a Lancaster bomber crew based in England. In March 1945, just a couple of months before V-E Day marked the end of the war in Europe, the crew was heading back from a daytime raid over Bremen, Germany when the Lancaster was hit by flak.
While the details aren’t all known, Ornstein is believed to have successfully bailed out of the crashing plane, but he and his parachute became caught in a tree on the way down. His family believed he was then shot dead while he was stuck, based on testimony later given by locals to investigators.
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