James Catanach
Squadron Leader · 400364 · Australian
- Died
- 29 March 1944, aged 22
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland
Prisoner of war
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Stalag Luft III
— Died in captivity
One of “the Fifty” — Allied air-force officers murdered by the Gestapo after the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III, March 1944. 455 Sqn RAAF.
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 29 March 1944: Lyons. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Source: CWGC casualty record: CATANACH, JAMES → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission