| Lancaster ND494 OL-G | 83 Sqn | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date : | 10 mai 1944 | Mission : | Bombardement des usines Gnome et Rhône de Gennevilliers (92) | ||||||||||||||||
| Décollage : | Coningsby à 22:28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Causes de la perte : | Endommagé par la Flak puis attaque d’un chasseur de nuit (Uffz W. Krause du 4 / NJG4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lieu de la perte : | Bailleul-la-Vallée (27) | ||||||||||||||||||
 | Fg Off | Grant Leroy | BROWN | Nav | RCAF | J/18354 | POW | ||||||||||||
 | Fg Off | Herbert Oxley | JOHNSON | AG | RAFVR | 1237476 | WIA/POW |  DOW le 11/06/44 | |||||||||||
| Flt Lt | John Andrew Trevor | MEREDITH | Pil | RAFVR | 116897 | KIA | | |||||||||||
| Fg Off | Joseph Stuart | READ | WOP AG | RAFVR | 155371 | POW | ||||||||||||
| FS | Christopher Danby | TOWSE | AG | RAFVR | 112784 | KIA |  | |||||||||||
| Fg Off | Richard John Ambrose | WHEATLEY | AB | RCAF | J/16134 | POW | ||||||||||||
| Sgt | R.H.C. | YOUNG | FE | RAFVR | 1893287 | POW | ||||||||||||
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| Distinguished Flying Cross Flying Officer Herbert Oxley JOHNSON (112784),R.A.F.V.R., 83 Sqn. In air operations this officer has displayed skill, courage and devotion to duty of the highest order. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 3 OCTOBER, 1944. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distinguished Flying Cross Pilot Officer John Andrew Trevor MEREDITH (116897), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. One night in May, 1942, Pilot Officer Meredith, as captain of an aircraft, carried out an attack on a target in Cologne. On the return journey his aircraft was badly damaged and two, of his crew were wounded. Despite this Pilot Officer Meredith, with great skill and determination, flew his damaged aircraft for over 2 hours through, searchlights and intense anti-aircraft fire. He eventually landed at an aerodrome near the English coast without further damage to his aircraft or injury, to his crew. THIRD SUPPLEMENT TO The LONDON GAZETTE Of FRIDAY, the 3rd of JULY, 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28 mai 2020 : ajout des prénoms des Fg Off BROWN et WHEATLEY | |||||||||||||||||||