Den 14. september 1942 må
WEL R1588 være styrtet i Nordsøen under et bombetogt til
Bremen.
Hele besætningen omkom. Se
p106MACR.
Den 16. oktober 1942 blev F/Sgt R. H. Galipeau fundet drevet ind nær Lakolk på
Rømø, måske omkring
her.
Han blev begravet på Kirkeby Kirkegård den 20. oktober 1942.
4 flyvere fra WEL R1588
har ingen kendt grav. (Kilder: FAF og AOD)
Sergeant Harry Francis MacArthur, canadisk
statsborger, var søn af Henry F. MacArthur og Myrtle M. MacArthur, Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Hans navn er
på Panel 107 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Han var en af de mange Amerikanske flyvere, der var
gået ind i RCAF. Se Americans In
The RCAF.
379 af dem mistede livet - 8 af dem ses i
www.airmen.dk + R.J. Dillon!
999 Squadron? RAF 22 OTU! (Operational
Training Unit - en enhed til operativ træning) Denne
Wellington
startede fra RAF
Stratford. 5 flyvere.
On 14 September 1942
WEL R1588 must have crashed into the North Sea on a
bombing raid on Bremen. All
of the crew perished. See
p106MACR.
On 16 October 1942 F/Sgt R. H. Galipeau was found drifted ashore near Lakolk on
Rømø, maybe about
here.
He was buried in Kirkeby Churchyard on 20 October 1942.
From WEL R1588 4 airmen have no known grave. (Sources:
FAF and AOD)
Sergeant Harry Francis MacArthur, a
citizen of Canada, was the son of Henry F. MacArthur and Myrtle M. MacArthur, of
Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 107, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the
BC Museum of Canada.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 65.
He was one of many American airmen who had joined the
RCAF.
See Americans In
The RCAF.
379 of
them lost their lives - 8 of them are seen on
www.airmen.dk + R.J. Dillon!
999 Squadron? RAF 22 OTU! (Operational Training Unit)
Wellington
Wellington IC R1588 DD- took
off from RAF Stratford at 23.27 hrs on
13 SEP 1942. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.)
5 airmen.
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