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Sergeant William
Walker Beattie - RAFVR |
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William Beattie
was serving as Wireless Operator aboard
Lancaster
Mk.III
ND994 coded
UL-F2 during
an operation
to attack the railway yards at Revigny
on July
14/15,
1944.
The aircraft departed
Elsham Wolds at 2116hrs
but was
shot down by a night fighter. The tail
section of the Lancaster falling at 0224 hours at Loches-sur-Ource
(Aube),3 km NW of Essoyes, France. The main part of the Lancaster
crashed into a cornfield several hundred yards away, followed by two
large explosions. F/S McCollum was found dead near the tail section
with the rest of the crew in the vicinity of the main wreckage. The
crew were buried by local villagers and rest in the Communal
Cemetery at Loches-sur-Essoyes. The
crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/O Raymond Linklater |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Burnham, Saskatchewan |
24 |
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Sgt John Pringle |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Hightown,Lancashire |
27 |
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Sgt Stanley Kozlowski |
RCAF |
Navigator |
Fort William, Ontario |
27 |
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F/O Donald Macintosh |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Hamilton, Ontario |
25 |
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Sgt William Beattie |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Hylton,Co.Durham |
- |
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Sgt George Sims |
RCAF |
Air Gunner |
Kensington, Prince Edward Island |
34 |
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F/Sgt William McCollum |
RCAF |
Air Gunner |
Toronto, Ontario |
21 |
Sergeant
William Walker Beattie RAFVR was the son of William Storey and
Elizabeth Jane Beattie of Hylton, County Durham.
The
Navigator, Sergeant Stanley Kozlowski RCAF was of Polish parentage
and born in Manitoba. He changed his christian name on enlistment
from Stanislaus to Stanley John.
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Photos courtesy of
Graeme Beattie, research by Linda Ibrom.
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.jpg "The Crew's Funeral")
.jpg "The Crew's Funeral")
