On 24 Dec 1943 100 RAF Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#ND327) aircraft, with seven aircrew on board, was in a mid-air collision with Avro Lancaster III (#ED730) at RAF Grimsby in Lincolnshire, crashing near Fulstow, 6 miles North of Louth. All seven of ND327's aircrew and the seven ED730's aircrew perished in the accident. The two Lancasters had taken flight from RAF GRIMSBY, near Waltham, for an air operation over Berlin, Germany.
The seven airmen of 100 Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#ND327) who perished were-
RAFVR Sergeant Gordon William CLAYDON,
RCAF Flight Sergeant George William GUEST,
RAFVR Sergeant Robert Walter THEOBALD,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant William Richard COOPER,
RAFVR Sergeant Alan Robert LAURENCE and
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Anthony JORDAN.
And the seven airmen of 550 Squadron's Avro Lancaster III (#ED730) who perished were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Reginald Evariste LEGERE,
RAF Sergeant Leonard Frederick WRIGHT,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Carman ATHERTON,
RAF Sergeant Hubert Frederick John WOODS,
RAFVR Sergeant John McCONNELL,
RAFVR Sergeant Montague Ewart GILES and
RAF Sergeant David Gwyn DAVIES.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/99179
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force Division
Division: 550 RAF Squadron
Son of Auseline and Eugenie Legere of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Flight Sergeant Joseph Reginald Evariste Legere is commemorated on Page 181 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
On 24 Dec 1943 100 RAF Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#ND327) aircraft, with seven aircrew on board, was in a mid-air collision with Avro Lancaster III (#ED730) at RAF Grimsby in Lincolnshire, crashing near Fulstow, 6 miles North of Louth. All seven of ND327's aircrew and the seven ED730's aircrew perished in the accident. The two Lancasters had taken flight from RAF GRIMSBY, near Waltham, for an air operation over Berlin, Germany.
The seven airmen of 100 Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#ND327) who perished were-
RAFVR Sergeant Gordon William CLAYDON,
RCAF Flight Sergeant George William GUEST,
RAFVR Sergeant Robert Walter THEOBALD,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant William Richard COOPER,
RAFVR Sergeant Alan Robert LAURENCE and
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Anthony JORDAN.
And the seven airmen of 550 Squadron's Avro Lancaster III (#ED730) who perished were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Reginald Evariste LEGERE,
RAF Sergeant Leonard Frederick WRIGHT,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Carman ATHERTON,
RAF Sergeant Hubert Frederick John WOODS,
RAFVR Sergeant John McCONNELL,
RAFVR Sergeant Montague Ewart GILES and
RAF Sergeant David Gwyn DAVIES.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: R/99179
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force Division
Division: 550 RAF Squadron
Son of Auseline and Eugenie Legere of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Flight Sergeant Joseph Reginald Evariste Legere is commemorated on Page 181 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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