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W/O Class II W.B. Nichol, R/114904, Hometown ?

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:51 pm
by georgetanksherman
Looking for the home town on W/O Class II W.B. Nichol, R/114904,

Lancaster, ED693, May 13, 1943

Aircraft took off from RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire on a bombing mission to Plzen, Germany. Aircraft was attacked and shot down by a Bf-110 night fighter. Aircraft crashed near Messingen, 7 km east-southeast of Lingen, Niedersachsen, Germany, five of the crew survived, but were captured and sent to P.O.W. camps, two crew members did not survive, believed killed in the fighter attack.

Crew:
Pilot: Sgt. W. G. Pickens, J/17387, RCAF, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. Survived, Captured, P.O.W.
Flt Eng: F/O T. Royds, Survived, Captured, P.O.W.
Nav: P/O M. Hall, Survived, Captured, P.O.W.
Bmb Aim: Sgt. J. G. Hanby, Survived, Captured, P.O.W.
Wop/Gnr: Sgt. C. Taylor, Survived, Captured, P.O.W.
Gnr: W/O Class II W.B. Nichol, R/114904, RCAF, Hometown unknown, Killed in Action
Gnr: Sgt. W.A. Roberts, 1323253, RAFVR, Hometown unknown, Killed in Action

Re: W/O Class II W.B. Nichol, R/114904, Hometown ?

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:43 pm
by Temujin
georgetanksherman wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:51 pm
Looking for the home town on W/O Class II W.B. Nichol, R/114904
William Bruce Nichol, from Zehner, Saskatchewan
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Re: W/O Class II W.B. Nichol, R/114904, Hometown ?

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:51 pm
by Temujin
georgetanksherman wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:51 pm
Pilot: Sgt. W. G. Pickens, J/17387, RCAF, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. Survived, Captured, P.O.W.
F/O W.G. Pickens, German POW Number 1196
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Re: W/O Class II W.B. Nichol, R/114904, Hometown ?

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:01 pm
by Temujin
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