CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
REDMOND |
First Name/s: |
Jack Edward |
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Service No/s: |
R77912 |
Service: |
RCAF |
Branch: |
Air Gunner |
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Awards: |
39-45*, ECE*, WM, CVSM & Clasp |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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06 Jan 1941 |
Attested for the RCAF. |
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20 Jan 1941 |
Enlisted RCAF RC, Calgary AB as AC2. |
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20 Jan 1941 |
No. 2 Manning Depot, Brandon Manitoba, Canada |
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18 Feb 1941 |
RCAF Patricia Bay, British Colombia, Canada |
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20 Apr 1941 |
Promoted to Aircraftman1st Class. |
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20 Jul 1941 |
Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC). |
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25 Aug 1941 |
Composite Training School, Trenton, Ontario, Canada |
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06 Dec 1941 |
Promoted Ciorporal (Cpl) (unpaid), RCAF Service Police. |
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06 Dec 1941 |
No. 3 Training Command (TC), Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
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16 Feb 1942 |
No. 1 Wireless School (WS), Montreal, Province of Quebec (attached to 26 Mar 42) |
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01 Aug 1942 |
Promoted to Corporal (CPL). |
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22 Feb 1943 |
No. 9 Bombing & Gunnery School (B&GS), Mont Joli, Quebec, Canada. |
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14 May 1943 |
Awarded Air Gunner (AG) Badge & promoted Sergeant (Sgt). |
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28 May 1943 |
No. 1 ‘Y’ Depot, Halifax Manitoba, Canada. |
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16 Jun 1943 |
Embarked Halifax, Canada. |
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24 Jun 1943 |
Disembarked UK. |
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24 Jun 1943 |
No. 3 (RCAF) Personnel Reception Centre (PRC), Bournemouth/Innsworth |
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06 Jul 1943 |
No. 81 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Whitchurch Heath (Tilstock), Shropshire. |
Whitley |
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09 Sep 1943 |
No. 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Sandtoft, Lincolnshire. |
Halifax |
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07 Dec 1943 |
Joined No. 576 Squadron at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire. |
Lancaster |
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20 Dec 1943 |
Lost in W4123 UL-R2 (Frankfurt). |
Lancaster |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
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T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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20 Dec 1943 |
W4123 |
UL-R2 |
FRANKFURT |
1700 |
FTR |
nk |
P1 Flt Sgt F. Ball |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries Shot down over Sint-Pieters-Voeren, NE of Liege, by a Bf-110 flown by Oblt. Werner Baake of 3./NJG 1 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft crashed in the Red Wood, 1km S of De Planck at 1930 Buried in Haverlee War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 5.B.5-7 ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS’ |
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