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Sergeant
Lloyd Perry was
serving as Mid Upper Gunner on board Halifax
Mk.BIII
LK842 coded
SE-N during an operation to
Friedrichshafen
on April 27/28, 1944. The
aircraft left Croft at
2328hrs and was
attacked by a night fighter and crashed
near Genk in Belgium. Sgt Perry and two others were able to
abandon the aircraft and were taken prisoner, the rest of the crew
perished in the crash.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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1Lt John Earman |
USAAF |
Pilot |
Harrisonburg, Virginia |
- |
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Sgt James Graham |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Notting Hill, London |
22 |
|
F/O W.G Dudley - POW |
RCAF |
Navigator |
- |
- |
|
P/O Hubert Pond |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
20 |
|
F/O D.M King - POW |
RCAF |
W/Op/AG |
- |
- |
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Sgt Lloyd Perry - POW |
RCAF |
M/U Gunner |
Miscouche, PEI |
- |
|
Sgt John Cooke |
RCAF |
Rear Gunner |
Hamilton, Ontario |
21 |
Sergeant
Lloyd Perry
evaded capture for 3 months but ultimately
was arrested together with his helper,
Florent Biernaux (member of the Secret
Army), at Hasselt on the 5 of August 1944. He
was eventually repatriated and returned to Canada where in post
war years he raised a family, he died in 1977.
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