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P/O Daniel George Davis

Royal Canadian Air Force 514 Sqdn.

from:Ontario

(d.16th June 1944)

514 Sqdn Lancaster II LL690 JI-J took off at 2314 from RAF Waterbeach. Believed to have fallen victim to a night-fighter, coming down between Iwuy (Nord) and Rieux-en-Cambresis two small villages 9km NE and ENE respectively of Cambrai. Five lie in Rieux Communal Cemetery while F/S Hutt rests at Iwuy Communal Cemetery. Sgt Bloom is commemorated on panel 235 of Runnymede Memorial. The crew:

  • F/O E.A. Kingham
  • Sgt J. Black
  • F/S F.A. Spencer
  • Sgt B. Bloom
  • Sgt F.N. Ansell
  • Sgt D.G. Davis RCAF Also lost from 514 Squadron on this raid was Lancaster II DS816-JI-O. Crew:F/S C.F. Prowles, Sgt H.A. Osborn, F/O A.H.Morrison, F/S R.B. Spenser, Sgt R. Surtees, Sgt. J. Porelli and Sgt. A.A.Holmes.



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