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Sergeant
Michael Kalms was
serving as Flight Engineer on board Lancaster Mk.II
LL719 coded
EQ-R
during an operation to Stuttgart on March 15/16, 1944. The
aircraft left Linton-on-Ouse at 1903hrs, but failed to
return.
The entire crew was
lost without a trace, it consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/O Alexander Colville |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Bowmanville, Ontario |
27 |
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Sgt Michael Kalms |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Edgeware, Middlesex |
19 |
|
F/O William Reid |
RCAF |
Navigator |
- |
- |
|
F/O Moody Siddons |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Langford, B.C |
30 |
|
W/O1 Arthur Hodson |
RCAF |
W/Op/AG |
New Westminster, B.C |
27 |
|
Sgt Francis Smith |
RAFVR |
M/U Gunner |
- |
- |
|
Sgt Dennis Davies |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
Rhondda, Glamorgan |
21 |
Sergeant
Michael Yorke Zisslin Kalms RAFVR (1600536) was born in
Leytonstone, London, E11 on the 28th of May 1924 to
Jack and Debora Alice Kalms.
The
family, who were of the Jewish faith, later moved to Edgeware,
Middlesex after the family home was destroyed by enemy
bombing. After leaving school Michael became an engineering
apprentice at De Havillands.
A motorcycle enthusiast and keen boxer, he joined the RAF on
the 8th of October 1941 aged 17 and became the
Flight Engineer of the crew.
He is remembered on Panel 232 of the Runnymede memorial.
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