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Sergeant John
Morrison Weir - RAFVR |
| Sergeant John
Weir
was serving as Bomb Aimer
on board
Lancaster
Mk.III
PB625 coded
UL-V2 during
an operation
to Stuttgart on July
24/25,
1944.
The aircraft departed
Elsham Wolds at 2108hrs
but failed
to return. Six
of the seven men aboard were able to abandon the aircraft after
leaving the target area and either evaded capture or became POWs.
The pilot, F/O Sarvis of the United States Army Air Force, was
killed when the aircraft crashed near Liesville (France). The
crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
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F/O R.J. Sarvis |
USAAF |
Pilot |
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Sgt A. Balfour - EVD |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
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Sgt R.T Gordon - POW |
RCAF |
Navigator |
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Sgt John Weir - EVD |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
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Sgt J. Coates - POW |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
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Sgt E. Reed - POW |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
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Sgt T.A. Clark |
RCAF |
Air Gunner |
F/O
R.J. Sarvis is buried in the US Military Cemetery in Normandy, the
wreckage of the Lancaster was not found until 1989.
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Photos courtesy of
Simon Weir.
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