RAF/RCAF losses 5 August 1942
 

I'm looking for ANY information regarding Claude Lorraine Love, Jr. and the aircraft he flewn in. He was American flying with the RCAF. He was lost in action 5 August 1942 on a mine laying mission in the vicinity of St Nazaire.

TIA

Re: RAF/RCAF losses 5 August 1942
 

Hi,

The Bomber Command War Diaries only states that on 4/5 August 1942, 45 aircraft flew minelaying missions in the Frisians and off Brest, Lorient and St.-Nazaire with 2 Wellingtons lost. Not much help there.

Sorry,

Henry Weyers

Re: RAF/RCAF losses 5 August 1942
 

Hi Wally,

142 Sqdn. Wellington IV Z1487 QT-Z OP: Gardening.
T/o 2309 Grimsby to lay mines in French waters. Crashed on, or just off the island of Noirmoutier on the west coast of France, some 32 km south of where the Loire flows into the Atlantic. All crew killed and all rest in Noirmoutier-en-L'Ile communal Cemetery.
Crew: (All RCAF)
Sgt C L Love
Sgt R C Pearce
Sgt G Hall
Sgt J Anderson
Sgt E E Hopper (BCL 1942)

Best regards,
David.

Re: RAF/RCAF losses 5 August 1942
 

Thanks VERY much!!