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Raymond Wallace Hale
Royal Canadian Air Force w/op 419 Sqd.
from:Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
(d.24th Dec 1944)
Raymond Hale bailed out of Lancaster KB715 piloted by F/O T.H.Cowlan on a daylight raid on the airfield at Lohausen (Dusseldorf)on Christmas Eve 1944, the bombing raid was aimed at hindering enemy support for the Ardennes campaign. Raymond Hale was captured and executed by the Gestapo, he was 21 years old and is buried in the Rheinburg War Cemetery.