John Raike                                                                                                Updated: 10 MAR 2021

Airman: e777053.htm Surname: Raike Init: J Rank: Wt/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 405

P_link: p375.htm Plane: LAN PB527 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d160944 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

"Under en mission til Kiel den 16. september 1944 nedstyrtede et "Lancaster" fly i Nordsøen. Hele besætningen omkom." (FAF)  Se p375MACR.

Warrant Officer Class II John Raike, 24 år, var søn af Herbert og Elizabeth Raike, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 254 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 mand er begravet i Sønderho, 1 i Esbjerg og 5 har ikke nogen kendt grav.

Se Lancaster fotos og Archive Report med detaljer og fotos. 7 flyvere.

This Lancaster crashed in the North Sea on 16 September, 1944 during a bombing raid on Kiel. All of the crew perished. (Source: FAF) See p375MACR.

Warrant Officer Class II John Raike, 24, was the son of Herbert and Elizabeth Raike, of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 254, 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 2, Panel 229.

1 airman is buried in Sønderho, 1 in Esbjerg and 5 have no known grave. 

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Squadron RCAF * 405 Squadron Association * No. 405 Squadron RAF Pathfinders
See also Lancaster Photos * Lancaster - Bomber Command Museum of Canada * Avro 683 Lancaster Mk X - IWM Duxford
Lancaster-Wikipedia *  LAN-HAL *  Lancaster photos

Lancaster III PB527 LQ-K took off from RAF Gransden Lodge at 22.35 hrs on 15 SEP 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this and Archive Report.)
7 airmen.