"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
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"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Military Service
Sergeant / Service Number: 1337884
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group: No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Bomber Command
Squadron: No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Sqdn. RCAF
Airfield: RAF Station Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire, England
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster Mk.III - PB402 / Marking: LQ-M
Trade: Flight Engineer
Deceased: Age 21
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Mission:
Took off 18:13 hrs 16 Jan 1945 to mark the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil plant at Zeitz, Germany. While en route to their objective was involved in a mid-air collision with 434 Sqdn Lancaster - KB850 / WL-O resulting in both bombers crashing at Pfaffenhausen, Germany. Both aircrafts and aircrews were lost.
Perished with fellow crew members;
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
RCAF Pilot Officer Benjamin Robert Cunliffe - Air Gunner
RCAF Flying Officer Donald Gordon McKay - Air Bomber
RCAF Pilot Officer Allan Bernard Miller - Air Bomber
RCAF Flying Officer Henry Eugene Novak - Navigator
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Leslie Payne - Pilot
RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Lawrence Lavern Smith - Air Gunner
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star with Bomber Command Bar, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal & War Medal 1939-1945
Commemoration(s):
- Phase 2 Panel 205 International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Canwick Ave, Lincoln LN4 2HQ, United Kingdom
Next of Kin: Son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ewart Marshall of Cheltenham, county of Gloucestershire, England.
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"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Military Service
Sergeant / Service Number: 1337884
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group: No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Bomber Command
Squadron: No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Sqdn. RCAF
Airfield: RAF Station Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire, England
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster Mk.III - PB402 / Marking: LQ-M
Trade: Flight Engineer
Deceased: Age 21
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Mission:
Took off 18:13 hrs 16 Jan 1945 to mark the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil plant at Zeitz, Germany. While en route to their objective was involved in a mid-air collision with 434 Sqdn Lancaster - KB850 / WL-O resulting in both bombers crashing at Pfaffenhausen, Germany. Both aircrafts and aircrews were lost.
Perished with fellow crew members;
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
RCAF Pilot Officer Benjamin Robert Cunliffe - Air Gunner
RCAF Flying Officer Donald Gordon McKay - Air Bomber
RCAF Pilot Officer Allan Bernard Miller - Air Bomber
RCAF Flying Officer Henry Eugene Novak - Navigator
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Leslie Payne - Pilot
RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Lawrence Lavern Smith - Air Gunner
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star with Bomber Command Bar, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal & War Medal 1939-1945
Commemoration(s):
- Phase 2 Panel 205 International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Canwick Ave, Lincoln LN4 2HQ, United Kingdom
Next of Kin: Son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ewart Marshall of Cheltenham, county of Gloucestershire, England.
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Military Service
Sergeant / Service Number: 1337884
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group: No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Bomber Command
Squadron: No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Sqdn. RCAF
Airfield: RAF Station Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire, England
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster Mk.III - PB402 / Marking: LQ-M
Trade: Flight Engineer
Deceased: Age 21
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Mission:
Took off 18:13 hrs 16 Jan 1945 to mark the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil plant at Zeitz, Germany. While en route to their objective was involved in a mid-air collision with 434 Sqdn Lancaster - KB850 / WL-O resulting in both bombers crashing at Pfaffenhausen, Germany. Both aircrafts and aircrews were lost.
Perished with fellow crew members;
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
RCAF Pilot Officer Benjamin Robert Cunliffe - Air Gunner
RCAF Flying Officer Donald Gordon McKay - Air Bomber
RCAF Pilot Officer Allan Bernard Miller - Air Bomber
RCAF Flying Officer Henry Eugene Novak - Navigator
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Leslie Payne - Pilot
RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Lawrence Lavern Smith - Air Gunner
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star with Bomber Command Bar, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal & War Medal 1939-1945
Commemoration(s):
- Phase 2 Panel 205 International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Canwick Ave, Lincoln LN4 2HQ, United Kingdom
Next of Kin: Son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ewart Marshall of Cheltenham, county of Gloucestershire, England.
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"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Military Service
Sergeant / Service Number: 1337884
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group: No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Bomber Command
Squadron: No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Sqdn. RCAF
Airfield: RAF Station Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire, England
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster Mk.III - PB402 / Marking: LQ-M
Trade: Flight Engineer
Deceased: Age 21
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Mission:
Took off 18:13 hrs 16 Jan 1945 to mark the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil plant at Zeitz, Germany. While en route to their objective was involved in a mid-air collision with 434 Sqdn Lancaster - KB850 / WL-O resulting in both bombers crashing at Pfaffenhausen, Germany. Both aircrafts and aircrews were lost.
Perished with fellow crew members;
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
RCAF Pilot Officer Benjamin Robert Cunliffe - Air Gunner
RCAF Flying Officer Donald Gordon McKay - Air Bomber
RCAF Pilot Officer Allan Bernard Miller - Air Bomber
RCAF Flying Officer Henry Eugene Novak - Navigator
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Leslie Payne - Pilot
RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Lawrence Lavern Smith - Air Gunner
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star with Bomber Command Bar, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal & War Medal 1939-1945
Commemoration(s):
- Phase 2 Panel 205 International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Canwick Ave, Lincoln LN4 2HQ, United Kingdom
Next of Kin: Son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ewart Marshall of Cheltenham, county of Gloucestershire, England.
Inscription
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Gravesite Details
1337884
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