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 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: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number 1891616
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
Son of J. J. Wilson and Harriet Wilson, of Spalding, Lincolnshire.
He is 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: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number 1891616
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
Son of J. J. Wilson and Harriet Wilson, of Spalding, Lincolnshire.
He is 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 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: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number 1891616
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
Son of J. J. Wilson and Harriet Wilson, of Spalding, Lincolnshire.
He is 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: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number 1891616
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 424 'Tiger' RCAF Squadron; RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Castigandos Castigamus ['We chastise those who deserve to be chastised']).
Son of J. J. Wilson and Harriet Wilson, of Spalding, Lincolnshire.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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