Sergeant John Mcglade
was serving as Flight Engineer on board Halifax NA-505 coded PT-J
during an operation to Acheres on June 7, 1944. The aircraft was
shot down by an enemy night fighter and all eight crewmembers on
board perished.
The other
crewmembers were:
F/O H.R.Jones RCAF
F/O DB Norton RCAF
Sgt JH McGlade RAF
F/O FG Tilt RCAF
Sgt JW Hampson RAF
Sgt DW Sammon RCAF
Sgt GS Tanuck RCAF
Photo courtesy of
Craig Mollekin, research by Linda Ibrom.
