James McDowell
Flight Sergeant · R/101749 · Canadian
- Died
- 16 May 1943
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Harlingen General Cemetery, Netherlands
Operations on this date. 3 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 16 May 1943: Caen · Operation Chastise · Operation Chastise - The 'dambusters' Raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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16 May 1943
Flew Operation Chastise
Rear gunner, ED934 AJ-K — Crashed outbound - 16 May 1943 Died
Crew & operations
Flew as Rear gunner with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Chastise (16 May 1943) — aircraft ED934 AJ-K (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: Arthur Neville Whitaker (Bomb aimer) · Alastair James Taylor (Flight engineer) · Charles McAllister Jarvie (Front gunner) · James Herbert Warner (Navigator) · Vernon William Byers (Pilot) · John Wilkinson (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: McDOWELL, JAMES → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission