408 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax II (#JD107), with an aircrew of seven, took off at night from RAF Leeming for an air operation to bomb the Breuil steelworks in Le Creusot, France. JD107 was shot down by a German night-fighter, crashing near Caen in France and taking the lives of four members of he crew. The three other airmen who survived the attack an crash were captured and interned in German POW camps.
The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer James DENHOLM,
RCAF Pilot Officer Douglas Carter HORNER,
RAAF Flying Officer Peter Reginald QUANCE and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Max SAMUELS.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/17087
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 408 (Goose) Squadron; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'For Freedom')
A garageman by trade, residing in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 23 Sept 1940 in New Glasgow.
Son of Samuel and Annie (née Perechter) Samuels of New Glasgow [father born in Poland; mother born in Russia].
Flight Lieutenant Max Samuels is commemorated on Page 210 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer James DENHOLM,
RCAF Pilot Officer Douglas Carter HORNER,
RAAF Flying Officer Peter Reginald QUANCE and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Max SAMUELS.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/17087
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 408 (Goose) Squadron; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'For Freedom')
A garageman by trade, residing in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 23 Sept 1940 in New Glasgow.
Son of Samuel and Annie (née Perechter) Samuels of New Glasgow [father born in Poland; mother born in Russia].
Flight Lieutenant Max Samuels is commemorated on Page 210 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
408 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax II (#JD107), with an aircrew of seven, took off at night from RAF Leeming for an air operation to bomb the Breuil steelworks in Le Creusot, France. JD107 was shot down by a German night-fighter, crashing near Caen in France and taking the lives of four members of he crew. The three other airmen who survived the attack an crash were captured and interned in German POW camps.
The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer James DENHOLM,
RCAF Pilot Officer Douglas Carter HORNER,
RAAF Flying Officer Peter Reginald QUANCE and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Max SAMUELS.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/17087
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 408 (Goose) Squadron; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'For Freedom')
A garageman by trade, residing in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 23 Sept 1940 in New Glasgow.
Son of Samuel and Annie (née Perechter) Samuels of New Glasgow [father born in Poland; mother born in Russia].
Flight Lieutenant Max Samuels is commemorated on Page 210 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer James DENHOLM,
RCAF Pilot Officer Douglas Carter HORNER,
RAAF Flying Officer Peter Reginald QUANCE and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Max SAMUELS.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/17087
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 408 (Goose) Squadron; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'For Freedom')
A garageman by trade, residing in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 23 Sept 1940 in New Glasgow.
Son of Samuel and Annie (née Perechter) Samuels of New Glasgow [father born in Poland; mother born in Russia].
Flight Lieutenant Max Samuels is commemorated on Page 210 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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May his soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life.
A GOOD SON
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