F/Sgt Mark Turner - 103 Squadron

Flight Sergeant Mark Turner - 103 Squadron

Flight Sergeant Jean Albert Mark Turner - RCAF

Flight Sergeant Mark Turner was serving as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on board Wellington Mk.IC DV773 coded PM-J during an operation to Essen on June 8, 1942. The aircraft departed Elsham Wolds at 2316 hours but was shot down by a nightfighter and crashed near Helmond in the Netherlands at 0230hrs. The entire crew was lost.

The crew consisted of:

Name	Service	Trade	Hometown	Age
P/O John Firman	RAFVR	Pilot	Ilford, Essex	30
F/Sgt John MacQueen	RAFVR	Observer	-	-
F/Sgt Mark Turner	RCAF	W/Op/AG	Hurdman's Bridge, Ontario	19
Sgt Frederick Ball	RAFVR	W/Op/AG	-	-
Sgt Henry Halliwell	RAFVR	Air Gunner	Immingham, Lincolnshire	22

Flight Sergeant Jean Albert Mark Turner enlisted in the RCAF in February 1941 at age 18, he and his crew are buried at Eindhoven General Cemetery.

Photo courtesy of Mark Cullen.