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Flying Officer

William Donald McCulloch

Service number J/3766
Military unit 61 Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
Address 41 4th Street, Revelstoke City, Kootenay West, British Columbia, Canada
Date of birth 09 Oct 1919
Date of death 23 Jun 1942 (22 years old)
Place of birth Revelstoke City, Kootenay West, British Columbia, Canada
Employment, education or hobbies

Student 2nd Yr Science at U.B.C

Family history

Son of William T. and Hilda R. McCulloch, of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Military history

3 PRC 10/4/1941
25 OTU 26/4/1941
61 Sqdn 10/7/1941

Lancaster R5517 61 Sqn take off 23.40 RAF Syerston mission to Emden. Third major raid against the port in a week. 227 aircraft dispatched of which 6 were lost. R5517 hit by Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 236 crashing between Freepsum (Krummhörn) and Groß
Midlum (Hinte); Niedersachsen, all crew were killed. The bodies of six of the crew were recovered and lie in Sage cemetery, near Bremen in northern Germany. Sgt. Dryden’s body was never recovered and he is remembered on the RAF memorial at Runnymede.

Also killed
Sgt Sydney Bradshaw
Sgt John Dryden
Sgt James Fallon
P/O James McKeown RNZAF
S/L Ian McNaughton RCAF
Sgt Collin Parker

Extra information

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