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DES AVIONS ABATTUS dans la SOMME - PRINTEMPS 1944
AVIONS ANGLAIS ABATTUS
Un bimoteur anglais abattu entre P.-M. et G..., dans l'arrondissement d'Amiens, cinq aviateurs ont été dénombrés, bien que déchiquetés.
Edition du jeudi 13 avril 1944, "Progrès de la Somme", n° 23250
bimoteur anglais (sic) alors qu'il s'agit d'un quadrimoteur Lancaster III
Mission de Bombardement sur Aulnoye625 Squadron Lancaster III ND636 CF # O
T/o 2334 Kelstern. Crashed midway between Pont-de-Metz et Guignemicourt (Somme), 7 km SW of Amiens, where those died rest in St Pierre Cemetery at Amiens.
F/S W J
GREEN RNZAF Pilot +
Sgt A W W
AYRES Flight Engineer +
Sgt F T
NOLAN Navigator +
Sgt E
FINLAY Bomb Aimer PoW
Sgt R
BRIMELOW Wireless Operator +
Sgt H F
BOTTOMLEY Mid Gunner RCAF +
Sgt J
RAMSAY Rear Gunner +
W R CHORLEY, Bomber Command Losses, 1944, page 166
Voir :
https://www.625squadron.com/home/personnel/air-crewPilot Officer WILLIAM JOHN
GREEN Pilot
Service Number : 421702
Royal New Zealand Air Force
625 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 11 April 1944
Age 20 years old
Buried at ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS
Plot 7. Row B. Coll. grave 11-13.
Country of Service New Zealand
Additional Info : Son of Thomas William and Edith Louise Green, of Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.
Sergeant ALFRED WILLIAM WALTER
AYRES Flight Engineer
Service Number : 1865089
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
625 Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 11 April 1944
Age 22 years old
Buried at ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS
Plot 7. Row B. Coll. grave 11-13.
Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info : Son of Alfred and Grace Ayres ; husband of Dorothy May Ayres, of Fulham, London.
Flight Sergeant FRANCIS THOMAS
NOLAN Navigator
Service Number : 1397479
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
625 Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 11 April 1944
Age 35 years old
Buried at ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS
Plot 7. Row B. Coll. grave 11-13.
Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info : Son of Edward James Nolan and Bridgid Anne Nolan; husband of Catherine Martha Nolan, of Loose, Kent.
Sergeant E
FINLAY RAF Bomb Aimer Prisoner of War
Sergeant RONALD
BRIMELOW Wireless Operator
Service Number : 1521038
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
625 Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 11 April 1944
Age 21 years old
Buried at ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS
Plot 7. Row B. Coll. grave 11-13.
Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info : Son of Ralph L. H. Brimelow and Mary Brimelow, of Wigan, Lancashire.
Sergeant HARRY FREDERICK
BOTTOMLEY Mid Gunner
Service Number : R/207383
Royal Canadian Air Force
625 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 11 April 1944
Age 19 years old
Buried at ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS
Plot 7. Row B. Coll. grave 11-13.
Country of Service Canadian
Additional Info : Son of Francis K. Bottomley and Elsie V. Bottomley, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Sergeant JAMES
RAMSAY Rear Gunner
Service Number : 1822163
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
625 Sqdn.
Date of Death : Died 11 April 1944
Buried at ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS
Plot 7. Row B. Coll. grave 11-13.
Country of Service United Kingdom
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Eric Abadie