54 – Choloy War Cemetery

Choloy

Lancaster LL775 QR-O
61 Sqn
Date :  25 février 1944
Mission :  Augsburg (All.)
Décollage :  Coningsby à 18:17
Causes de la perte :  Abattu par un Me 110 piloté par l’Oblt Wilhelm Engel du 3./NJG6
Lieu de la perte :   Lagarde (57)
Australie Plt Off Allan James COLLINS Nav RAAF 412112 KIA
Canada Flt Lt Johann Walter EINARSON Pil RCAF J/17276 KIA Distinguished-Flying-Cross
Australie FS Reginald Thomas GILL WOP AG RAAF 408367 KIA
Australie Plt Off Barnaby Ryder GREATREX AB RAAF 413758 EVA
Royaume-Uni FS Phillip Llewellyn JONES AG RAF 865682 KIA Auxilary Air Force
Royaume-Uni Plt Off Herbert RANKIN AG RAFVR 173840 KIA
Royaume-Uni Sgt Maurcie Leonard WORTH FE RAFVR 1623406 KIA  
Distinguished Flying Cross
Flying Officer Johann Walter EINARSON, D.F.M. (CAN/J.17276), Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 61 Squadron.
This officer has completed a very large number of sorties, including 5 attacks on Berlin. On the last occasion, one night in November, 1943, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and sustained damage. Nevertheless, Flying Officer Einarson pressed home his attack. Soon after the bombs had been released, the aircraft was struck. The starboard wing tip and part of the aileron were torn away and the aircraft went into a steep dive. Flying Officer Einarson succeeded in regaining control, however, and afterwards flew safely to an airfield in this country. Throughout his tour of operations, this officer has invariably displayed a high degree of skill, courage and determination.
FOURTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE of FRIDAY, the 21st of JANUARY 1944