Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website



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F/O. Lyle William Sitlington DFC.

Royal Canadian Air Force 419 (Moose) Squadron

from:Watford, Ontario

My dad, Lyle Sitlington served in the second world war with the 419 Moose Squadron as a wireless operator. On 1st of November 1944 his Lancaster bomber came under fire over Oberhausen, Germany. F/0 Ron Cox was the pilot of the Lancaster that night and many of the crew were injured that night from enemy fire. My dad was badly injured in the face and lost his eye from this attack. Faced with many hardships that night the crew managed to make it back to England. My dad, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions that night



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