62 – Leubringhen Calais Canadian War Cemetery

Lancaster ND343 LQ-J
405 Sqn
Date :   16 juin 1944
Mission :   Sterkrade
    Décollage :
 Gransden Lodge à 23:52
     
    Causes de la perte :
 Abattu par la Flak
     
    Lieu de la perte :    (62)
     
Fg Off Austin Gordon GAMSBY Nav RCAF J/23114 KIA
Plt Off Philip Sanson GREENE AB RCAF J/87726 KIA
Plt Off Walter Donald HUFF AG RCAF J/89052 KIA
Plt Off Warren Arthur MORRILL AG RCAF J/89461 KIA
Plt Off Cyril Edmund ROBERTS FE RCAF C/91052 KIA
WO2 Charles John STEWART Pil RCAF R/159028 EVA
Plt Off Jack Kenneth VIVIAN WOP AG RCAF J/87751 KIA

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