401 Squadron, RCAF, (Originally No. 1 Sqdn)

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Re: 401 Squadron, RCAF, (Originally No. 1 Sqdn)

Post by georgetanksherman » Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:08 am

F/O H.A. Sprague, RCAF, shot down by Bf-109/Fw-190 on fighter sweep, captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, AD516, November 22, 1941

Flt. Lt. A.E. Studholme, RCAF, Engine failed escorting B-17’s, Crashed, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire MH911, November 30, 1943

Sqdn Ldr H.C. Trainor (DSO, DFC) Engine failed, abandoned aircraft, captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, NH260, September 19, 1944

F/O J. Weir, RCAF, C/1650, Shot down escorting Hurricanes over Calais, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, AB922, November 8, 1941
Note: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/na ... le4292224/

Sgt. B.F. Whitson, RCAF, shot down by Bf-109, fighter sweep, St. Omar, Fr, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, AB863, October 21, 1941

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Re: 401 Squadron, RCAF, (Originally No. 1 Sqdn)

Post by Ludford 101 » Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:43 pm

georgetanksherman wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:01 am
Shot down – P.O.W.

F/O R.J. Buckles, RCAF, shot down fire from Ju-88, Eindhoven, Netherlands Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, EN629, December 20, 1943

Sqdn Ldr H.J. Everand (DFC), RCAF, Damaged, Debris from Bf-109, Venlo, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, MJ852, December 25, 1944

Flt. Lt. C.W.C. Floody, RCAF, J/38649, Shot down, Bf-109, Nieuport, France, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, W3964, October 27, 1941

P/O J.A.S. Furguson, RCAF, J/15271, Shot down, South Dunkirk, France, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, BL598, April 28, 1942

Flt. Lt. H.M. Furniss, RCAF, Shot Down by fighter near Dorsten, Germany, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, EN569, March 1, 1945
Robert James Buckles, Toronto
Hedley Joseph Everard, Timmins, Ontario
Clarke Wallace "Wally" Floody, Toronto (technical adviser to "The Great Escape")
John Aubrey Stewart Ferguson, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Harry Furniss, Montreal

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Re: 401 Squadron, RCAF, (Originally No. 1 Sqdn)

Post by Ludford 101 » Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:57 pm

georgetanksherman wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:04 am
F/O H.K. Hamilton, RCAF, shot down, flak, bailed out St. Omar, France, Captured, P.O.W
Spitfire, MJ385, May 10, 1944

Sgt. B.G. Hodgkinson, RCAF, J/38649, Shot down, Bf-109, Nieuport, France Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, W3955, October 27, 1941

F/O N.N. Maybee, RCAF, Collided with MJ172 over Eindhoven, Germany. Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, MH845, December 20, 1943

F/O J.J. Morrisey, RCAF, Collided with MH845 over Eindhoven, Germany, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, MJ172, December 20, 1943

Flt. Lt. D.R. Morrison, RCAF, (DFC, DFM), Shot down, wounded, Calais, Fr, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, BS202, November 8, 1942
Henry Kent Hamilton, Toronto
Brian Gilmore Hodgkinson, Winnipeg
Norman Walter Maybee, Wellington, Ontario
John Joseph Morrisey, Winnipeg
Donald Robert Morrison, Toronto

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Re: 401 Squadron, RCAF, (Originally No. 1 Sqdn)

Post by Ludford 101 » Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:06 pm

georgetanksherman wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:08 am
F/O H.A. Sprague, RCAF, shot down by Bf-109/Fw-190 on fighter sweep, captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, AD516, November 22, 1941

Flt. Lt. A.E. Studholme, RCAF, Engine failed escorting B-17’s, Crashed, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire MH911, November 30, 1943

Sqdn Ldr H.C. Trainor (DSO, DFC) Engine failed, abandoned aircraft, captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, NH260, September 19, 1944

F/O J. Weir, RCAF, C/1650, Shot down escorting Hurricanes over Calais, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, AB922, November 8, 1941
Note: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/na ... le4292224/

Sgt. B.F. Whitson, RCAF, shot down by Bf-109, fighter sweep, St. Omar, Fr, Captured, P.O.W.
Spitfire, AB863, October 21, 1941
Henry Arnold Sprague, Port Nelson (Hamilton) Ontario
Allen Edwin Studholme, Toronto
Hugh Charles Trainor, Bedford, Prince Edward Island
John Gordon Weir, Toronto
Bruce Franklin Whitson, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

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