424 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LV970) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was participating in a night air operation over the rail yards at 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: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/90382
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
A 'B. & S. Operator' by trade, residing on Atlas Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 3 Feb 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Davidina ('Ina') (née Bremner) More of Toronto, and the late Thomas More [both parents born in Wick, Scotland]; brother of Alice More.
Pilot Officer Donald More is commemorated on Page 398 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: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/90382
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
A 'B. & S. Operator' by trade, residing on Atlas Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 3 Feb 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Davidina ('Ina') (née Bremner) More of Toronto, and the late Thomas More [both parents born in Wick, Scotland]; brother of Alice More.
Pilot Officer Donald More is commemorated on Page 398 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 participating in a night air operation over the rail yards at 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: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/90382
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
A 'B. & S. Operator' by trade, residing on Atlas Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 3 Feb 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Davidina ('Ina') (née Bremner) More of Toronto, and the late Thomas More [both parents born in Wick, Scotland]; brother of Alice More.
Pilot Officer Donald More is commemorated on Page 398 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: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/90382
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
A 'B. & S. Operator' by trade, residing on Atlas Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 3 Feb 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Davidina ('Ina') (née Bremner) More of Toronto, and the late Thomas More [both parents born in Wick, Scotland]; brother of Alice More.
Pilot Officer Donald More is commemorated on Page 398 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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REST YOU HERE, MY SONS"
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