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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)
      
Canada Fg Off Grant Leroy
 BROWN Nav RCAF J/18354 POW
Royaume Uni Fg Off Herbert Oxley
 JOHNSON AG RAFVR 1237476 WIA/POW Distinguished-Flying-Cross DOW le 11/06/44
Royaume Uni Flt Lt John Andrew Trevor
 MEREDITH Pil RAFVR 116897 KIA Distinguished-Flying-Cross
Royaume Uni Fg Off Joseph Stuart READ WOP AG RAFVR 155371 POW
Royaume Uni FS Christopher Danby
 TOWSE AG RAFVR 112784 KIA Distinguished Flying Medal
Canada Fg Off Richard John Ambrose WHEATLEY AB RCAF J/16134 POW
Royaume Uni Sgt R.H.C.
 YOUNG FE RAFVR 1893287 POW
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