The Wartime Memories Project - No. 431 Squadron

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Information. No.431 (Iroquois) Squadron RCAF was formed at Burn in Yorkshire on the 11th Novemeber 1942, flying the Wellington X. Later they flew the Halifax V and the Lancaster X The Squadron retruned to Canada on the 12th of June 1945 Airfields at which No. 431 Squadron were based: Burn. 11 Nov 42 to 15 July 1943 Tholthorpe. 15 July 1943 to 10 Dec 1943 Croft.10 Dec 1943 to 12 June 1945 My Uncle Robert J. Hooker flew with the 431 Squadron. My uncle was the Wireless Operator with the R.W. Harrison crew. The crew were: F/O R.W.Harrison, Sgt F.Samson, F/O A.H.Phillips, F/O G.Dumville, WO1 R.Hooker, F/S J.M.Content, Sgt K.J.Taylor. My uncle was awarded the George Medal for bravery for saving the lives of two of his crew members after their bomber crashd on takeoff from a base in England. My uncle returned from the war in 1945 and farmed at Erinferry, Saskatchewan. He also operated the North Star Bulk Plant in the 1950's at a nearby town called Debden where I was raised. In 1959 my uncle moved to British Columbia where he took a job with the Canadian National Railway as a foreman on a Bridge and Building gang and retired with the CNR in 1973. He passed away in 1985 in Kamploops, B.C. Ron LePage Photographs If you have any Photographs you would like to share please get in touch. List of those who served with 431 Squadron during the Second World War. F/Lt B. Adilman RCAF Pilot P/O G. Baumann RCAF, Pilot P/O Hubert "Bertie" Bishop. mid upper gunner. . Read his Story F/O Blachford pilot. (d. 16/17 June 1944 ) Read his story F/O Roy E. Carter. RCAF. nav. (d. 9 July 1944) Read his story J. Collver F/S J.M.Content. Read his Story W/C J. Coverdale RAF Sgt G. Cuffe RCAF, Mid-upper gunner Wing Commander Ralph Davenport. pilot. Read his Story F/O G.Dumville. 431 Sqd. (d. 6 Jul 1944) Read his Story Sgt J. Evans RAF, Flight engineer Charles William Fraser. W/op Read his Story F/O W. Gillissie Sgt. Gould (d. 16/17 June 1944 ) Read his story F/O R.W. Harrison. pilot. Read his Story Sgt. Hattey Read his story Donal Kevin Joseph Hector. nav. Read his Story Angus Brown Heron. WO1 Robert J. Hooker. W/op. Read his Story F/Lt L. James RCAF, Flight engineer Sgt. Kennedy Read his story P/O Clarence Lecky. rear gunner. Read his Story Sgt. R. Leman F/O Lough (d. 16/17 June 1944 ) Read his story F/O T. McQuitty RCAF, Wireless Op S/L T. B. Marshall RAF Sgt. Tom Masdin Read his story F/O G. Miles S/Ldr W. E. Mulford RAF F/O F. Nickerson RCAF, Bomb aimer P/O Arthur Clifford Pettifor. flt eng. Read his Story F/O A.H.Phillips. Read his Story F/O G. Poole RCAF, Navigator Wendelin Rink. air bomber Read his Story Sgt F.Samson. Read his Story P/O G. Sidebottom RCAF, Navigator P/O J. Smith RCAF, Wireless Op Sgt G. Sorel F/O A. Staves RCAF, Mid-upper gunner. Sgt K.J.Taylor. Read his Story Sgt W. Teape P/O W. Windsor RCAF, Rear gunner If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to a soldier or regiment please get in touch. Add Your Story Links Allied Forces Index The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation. This website is run out of our own pockets and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Or by cheque to: PO Box 325, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1XL. Website and ALL Material © Copyright MMII-MMIXI - All Rights Reserved