62 – Givenchy-en-Gohelle

Halifax LW173 WL-K
434 Sqn
Date :  13 juin 1944
Mission :   Bombardement de voies de circulation à Arras (59)
    Décollage :
Croft à 22:44
     
    Causes de la perte :
Abattu par un chasseur de nuit      
    Lieu de la perte :  Givenchy en Gohelle (62)
     
Fg Off James Richard ALEXANDER AB RCAF J/17186 KIA Inhumé à Calais (62)
Royaume-Uni Wg Cdr Christopher Smales BARTLETT Pil RAF 39928 KIA   Inhumé à Calais (62)
Plt Off Richard Edward John CAMPBELL AG RCAF J/85772 KIA  
Flt Lt Dorcas Herbert CRAWFORD WOP AG RCAF J/12105 POW  
Fg Off Roger Gordon KELSO Nav RCAF J/14241 KIA Inhumé à Calais (62)
Plt Off Charles Harrison KYLE FE RCAF C/85505 KIA Inhumé à Calais (62)
Fg Off Robert Bradford LEARN AG RCAF J/26620 KIA  
30 mai 2020 : Ajout des prénoms du Flt Lt CRAWFORD
Distinguished Flying Cross
Flight Lieutenant Christopher Smales BARTLETT (39928) No 216 Squadron.
One night in May, 1941, this officer carried out a flight which necessitated transporting a party of Royal Engineers and landing them beside a highly strategical railway bridge which it was intended to destroy. Much of the complete success of this daring and difficult operation CAN be attributed to the skill displayed by this officer. Flight Lieutenant Bartlett has also executed eleven successful night raids.
THE LONDON GAZETTE of FRIDAY, the 15th of AUGUST, 1941
Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross
Acting Wing Commander Christopher Smales BARTLETT D.F.C. (39928) R.A.F.O., 434 (R.C.A.F.) Sqn.
In the course of his second tour of operations this officer has attacked many strongly defended targets, including several attacks on Berlin and numerous others on industrial centres in the Ruhr. He is a forceful and courageous leader whose example has inspired all.
FIFTH SUPPLEMENT to THE LONDON GAZETTE of FRIDAY, the 21th of JULY, 1944