424 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LV970) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was on a night air operation over Villeneuve St. Georges, France. It failed to return to base following the operation and was found to have crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The seven airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAF Flying Officer Colin Francis WILSON,
RCAF Flying Officer Philip Nairn Thompson VAN ALSTYNE,
RCAF Flying Officer Leonard Taylor SYKES,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alexander Gunn SINCLAIR,
RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Francis O'BRIEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Donald MORE and
RCAF Pilot Officer John Alexander BUCKHAM.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Wireless Operator
Service Number: J/90464
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 RCAF Squadron
A truck driver by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 16 August 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Son of Margaret Grace (née Dodd) Buckham and son of the lateThomas Robson Buckham; nephew of Mrs. J. M. Stiles of Innisfail, Alberta.
Pilot Officer John Alexander Buckham is commemorated on Page 262 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The seven airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAF Flying Officer Colin Francis WILSON,
RCAF Flying Officer Philip Nairn Thompson VAN ALSTYNE,
RCAF Flying Officer Leonard Taylor SYKES,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alexander Gunn SINCLAIR,
RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Francis O'BRIEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Donald MORE and
RCAF Pilot Officer John Alexander BUCKHAM.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Wireless Operator
Service Number: J/90464
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 RCAF Squadron
A truck driver by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 16 August 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Son of Margaret Grace (née Dodd) Buckham and son of the lateThomas Robson Buckham; nephew of Mrs. J. M. Stiles of Innisfail, Alberta.
Pilot Officer John Alexander Buckham is commemorated on Page 262 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
424 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LV970) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was on a night air operation over Villeneuve St. Georges, France. It failed to return to base following the operation and was found to have crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The seven airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAF Flying Officer Colin Francis WILSON,
RCAF Flying Officer Philip Nairn Thompson VAN ALSTYNE,
RCAF Flying Officer Leonard Taylor SYKES,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alexander Gunn SINCLAIR,
RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Francis O'BRIEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Donald MORE and
RCAF Pilot Officer John Alexander BUCKHAM.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Wireless Operator
Service Number: J/90464
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 RCAF Squadron
A truck driver by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 16 August 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Son of Margaret Grace (née Dodd) Buckham and son of the lateThomas Robson Buckham; nephew of Mrs. J. M. Stiles of Innisfail, Alberta.
Pilot Officer John Alexander Buckham is commemorated on Page 262 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The seven airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAF Flying Officer Colin Francis WILSON,
RCAF Flying Officer Philip Nairn Thompson VAN ALSTYNE,
RCAF Flying Officer Leonard Taylor SYKES,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alexander Gunn SINCLAIR,
RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Francis O'BRIEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Donald MORE and
RCAF Pilot Officer John Alexander BUCKHAM.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Wireless Operator
Service Number: J/90464
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 RCAF Squadron
A truck driver by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 16 August 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Son of Margaret Grace (née Dodd) Buckham and son of the lateThomas Robson Buckham; nephew of Mrs. J. M. Stiles of Innisfail, Alberta.
Pilot Officer John Alexander Buckham is commemorated on Page 262 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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