50 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#R5746) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Swinderby on an air operation over the seaside docks at Le Havre, France. R5746 failed to return to base and it was learned the Lancaster had crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/86751
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Age: 34
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
A farmer by trade, residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Jan 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Son of Clement Arthur Lowe of Edmonton, and the late Lucie Gwendoline (née Parsons) Lowe [both parents born in England]; his brother, RCAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry LOWE, also served and fell during the Second World War.
Flight Sergeant John Manley Lowe is commemorated on Page 91 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/86751
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Age: 34
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
A farmer by trade, residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Jan 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Son of Clement Arthur Lowe of Edmonton, and the late Lucie Gwendoline (née Parsons) Lowe [both parents born in England]; his brother, RCAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry LOWE, also served and fell during the Second World War.
Flight Sergeant John Manley Lowe is commemorated on Page 91 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
50 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#R5746) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Swinderby on an air operation over the seaside docks at Le Havre, France. R5746 failed to return to base and it was learned the Lancaster had crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/86751
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Age: 34
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
A farmer by trade, residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Jan 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Son of Clement Arthur Lowe of Edmonton, and the late Lucie Gwendoline (née Parsons) Lowe [both parents born in England]; his brother, RCAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry LOWE, also served and fell during the Second World War.
Flight Sergeant John Manley Lowe is commemorated on Page 91 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/86751
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Age: 34
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
A farmer by trade, residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Jan 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Son of Clement Arthur Lowe of Edmonton, and the late Lucie Gwendoline (née Parsons) Lowe [both parents born in England]; his brother, RCAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry LOWE, also served and fell during the Second World War.
Flight Sergeant John Manley Lowe is commemorated on Page 91 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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