| 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 | ||||||||||||
 | Wg Cdr | Christopher Smales | BARTLETT | Pil | RAF | 39928 | KIA |  | |||||||||||
| Plt Off | Richard Edward John | CAMPBELL | AG | RCAF | J/85772 | KIA | Inhumé à Givenchy-en-Gohelle (62) | |||||||||||
| Flt Lt | Dorcas Herbert | CRAWFORD | WOP AG | RCAF | J/12105 | POW | ||||||||||||
| Fg Off | Roger Gordon | KELSO | Nav | RCAF | J/14241 | KIA | ||||||||||||
| Plt Off | Charles Harrison | KYLE | FE | RCAF | C/85505 | KIA | ||||||||||||
| Fg Off | Robert Bradford | LEARN | AG | RCAF | J/26620 | KIA | Inhumé à Givenchy-en-Gohelle (62) | |||||||||||
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