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262073 F/O. Samuel William Pechet Royal Canadian Air Force No. 428 Squadron from:Fort Frances, Ontario (d.5th Dec 1944) F/O Samuel Pechet, 428 Squadron, RCAF Canadian Flying Officer Samuel W. Pechet was born in Cupar, Saskatchewan on 15 Sep 1914 to William and Sophia Pechet. He enlisted in the RCAF in October 1942 and after graduating at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, he went overseas in October 1943. He was a bomb aimer, and completed 27 operational flights. On the night of 5th of December 1944, the mission of RAF Bomber Command No. 6 Group (RCAF) was to bomb a rail yard in Soest, Germany, an operation involving over 450 aircraft. Sam died that night in particularly tragic circumstances for the 428 Squadron at RAF Middleton, St. George when Sam’s Avro Lancaster Mark X, KB768 collided in mid-air over Yelvertoft with a Handley Page Halifax Mark VII, LW200, 426 (Canadian) Squadron, from RAF Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire. All 14 crew members were killed in the resulting massive explosions created by the two aircraft which, outbound, were both fully loaded with aviation fuel, tons of bombs, and multiple rounds of ammunition. No traces of Sam and five other crewmen were ever found. He has no known grave, so his name is inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England. Mary-Anne Pechet Add to this record.  Related Content: No. 428 (Ghost) Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force RAF Middleton St George RCAF Portage La Prairie Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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