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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Re: Info request on a couple of RCAF losses
Hi All,
many thanks for the replies and info, much appreciated. cheers Jerry |
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