P/O Jack Armour - 101 Squadron

Pilot Officer Jack Armour - 101 Squadron

Pilot Officer Jack Armour - RCAF

Pilot Officer Jack Armour was serving as a Special Equipment Operator on board Lancaster Mk.III LM472 coded SR-V2 during an operation to bomb the synthetic oil plant near Brux, in Western Czechoslovakia on January 16, 1945.

The aircraft left Ludford Magna at 1748hrs and failed to return. Seven of the eight man crew were killed, including P/O Jack Armour.

The crew consisted of:

Name	Service	Trade	Hometown	Age
F/O Frederick McGonigle	RAFVR	Pilot	Glasgow, Scotland	-
Sgt John McDowell	RAFVR	Flight Engineer	County Down, N.Ireland	23
F/Sgt John Knight - POW	RAAF	Navigator	-	-
F/Sgt Warren Hart	RAAF	Bomb Aimer	Mackay,Queensland	20
F/Sgt Laurence Collins	RAAF	W/Op/AG	Ballarat,Victoria, Australia	20
Sgt Robert Beckett	RAFVR	Air Gunner	-	-
Sgt Daniel Conroy	RAFVR	Air Gunner	-	-
P/O Jack Armour	RCAF	Special Equipment Operator	Hamilton, Ontario	27

Pilot Officer Jack Karl Armour RCAF was born in Hamilton,Ontario,Canada on the 16^th July 1917 to Karl Rae and Eva Armour. He had a brother Edwin and was married at the time of his death to Alice(Chisholm) and they had a four year old son, Bruce. He was the oldest crew member being aged 27 and was a German speaking specialist wireless and "A.B.C." operator.

The seven crewmembers that were killed and taken to Geilsdorf for identification procedures and burial before being interred in the Geilsdorf Cemetery. On 20^th December 1945 the bodies of the dead crew members were reinterred to rest in the Berlin War Cemetery. Flight Sergeant Knight, the only survivor, became a prisoner of war.

For additional information on the aircraft and crew see W/O Laurence Collins.

Photo and information courtesy of Ray Collins, research by Linda Ibrom