115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#D9826) aircraft with an aircrew of six, which had taken flight from RAF Marham in Norfolk on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany, was shot down by a German fighter aircraft and crashed near Martlesham Heath in Suffolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/62091
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of Albert William and Amy Isabel Boyce; nephew of Dorothy A. Daniels of Belton, England.
Flight Sergeant John William Boyce is commemorated on Page 24 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/62091
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of Albert William and Amy Isabel Boyce; nephew of Dorothy A. Daniels of Belton, England.
Flight Sergeant John William Boyce is commemorated on Page 24 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#D9826) aircraft with an aircrew of six, which had taken flight from RAF Marham in Norfolk on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany, was shot down by a German fighter aircraft and crashed near Martlesham Heath in Suffolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/62091
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of Albert William and Amy Isabel Boyce; nephew of Dorothy A. Daniels of Belton, England.
Flight Sergeant John William Boyce is commemorated on Page 24 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/62091
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of Albert William and Amy Isabel Boyce; nephew of Dorothy A. Daniels of Belton, England.
Flight Sergeant John William Boyce is commemorated on Page 24 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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FOR THE CAUSE OF RIGHT
THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
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