Lancaster (#JB 684) aircraft took off from Grantham Lodge, Lincolnshire, on a night raid against the railway yards in Laon, France. Shot down by a night fighter, the Lancaster crashed at Conde-sur-Aisne, 12 Km E. of Soissons, France; all seven aircrew members perished.
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/85454
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 (‘City Of Vancouver') Squadron [‘Ducimus'=‘WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
Pilot Officer Russell Arthur Saltzberry is commemorated on Page 436 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with honour on Saltzberry family grave headstone in the New Dundee Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Thankyou to Findagrave Contributor S.J. Hearn for the above links.
View New Dundee Union Cemetery Cenotaph here
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/85454
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 (‘City Of Vancouver') Squadron [‘Ducimus'=‘WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
Pilot Officer Russell Arthur Saltzberry is commemorated on Page 436 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with honour on Saltzberry family grave headstone in the New Dundee Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Thankyou to Findagrave Contributor S.J. Hearn for the above links.
View New Dundee Union Cemetery Cenotaph here
Lancaster (#JB 684) aircraft took off from Grantham Lodge, Lincolnshire, on a night raid against the railway yards in Laon, France. Shot down by a night fighter, the Lancaster crashed at Conde-sur-Aisne, 12 Km E. of Soissons, France; all seven aircrew members perished.
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/85454
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 (‘City Of Vancouver') Squadron [‘Ducimus'=‘WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
Pilot Officer Russell Arthur Saltzberry is commemorated on Page 436 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with honour on Saltzberry family grave headstone in the New Dundee Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Thankyou to Findagrave Contributor S.J. Hearn for the above links.
View New Dundee Union Cemetery Cenotaph here
The airmen killed in this aircraft crash were:-
RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd ALBERTS,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Robert BERKEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Sidney BOSWORTH,
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph GRODECKI,
RCAF Pilot Officer William Robert OLIVER,
RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Arthur SALTZBERRY and
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker TONKIN.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/85454
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 (‘City Of Vancouver') Squadron [‘Ducimus'=‘WE LEAD'], Pathfinder Force
Pilot Officer Russell Arthur Saltzberry is commemorated on Page 436 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with honour on Saltzberry family grave headstone in the New Dundee Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Thankyou to Findagrave Contributor S.J. Hearn for the above links.
View New Dundee Union Cemetery Cenotaph here
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GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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