Info request on a couple of RCAF losses
 

Hi All,
The names are all on a wooden memorial panel, and I wondered if anyone could supply any further details...

COLLINS, HAMISH GORDON
Initials: H G
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 407 Sqdn.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 31/05/1943
Service No: R/74976

COLLINS, MAXWELL RITCHIE
Initials: M R
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 214 Sqdn.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 14/07/1941
Service No: R/74592

GOLDNEY, ROBERT EDWARD
Initials: R E
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 405 Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 05/04/1943
Service No: R/118056

IMAGE, LESLIE
Initials: L
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 425 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 29/07/1944
Service No: J/87777

TURNER, FRANK LEES
Initials: F L
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 26
Date of Death: 16/07/1941
Service No: R/69132

Many thanks in advance
cheers
Jerry

Re: Info request on a couple of RCAF losses
 

Hi ,

Here some information :

Sgt Collins Maxwell Ritchie was lost when his Wellington R-1614 went missing during a raid on Bremen.

F/Sgt Goldney Robert Edward went missing aboard off Halifax Mk III DT-704 during a raid on Kiel.

P/O Image Leslie died when his Halifax Mk III MZ-712 KW-S went missing on a mission to Hamburg.

Greetings

Alain
Belgium

Re: Info request on a couple of RCAF losses
 

Sgt. F L. Turner RCAF +

16 July 1941.
13 OTU.
Blenheim I L6767.
Training.

The aircraft took off from Bicester to practice solo night circuits and landings but after overshooting the runway came down at 0125 hrs in trees near the village of Launton just over a mile east of Bicester town centre.

Re: Info request on a couple of RCAF losses
 

W/O. H G. Collins RCAF

W/O Collins and the rest of his crew failed to return from a night patrol over the Bay of Biscay. They were flying a Leigh Light-equipped Vickers Wellington Mk. XII, s/n MP542 and coded 1-C

Re: Info request on a couple of RCAF losses
 

Hi All,
many thanks for the replies and info,
much appreciated.
cheers
Jerry