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HILCHEY, Ray

Personal Information
Rank F/O
Forename(s) Ray Bertram
Surname Hilchey
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations
Date of death 09-05-1945
Next of kin Son of Stanley Bertram and Loretta E. Hilchey, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number RF230
Markings JI-B
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Clichy Northern Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot 16. Row 12. Coll. grave 17-18..
Epitaph HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 181
Enlistment information
Service Number J/40778
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 3
Squadron 514
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Adams R A (Sgt)
Anderson T (Pte)
Ball W L (Pte)
Bayston S J (Pte)
Beaton D (F/L)
Belshaw E L (Cpl)
Betton R A (Pte)
Brittain J G (F/S)
Campbell P A T W B (Lt)
Clark R E (Pte)
Croston W (Pte)
Crowe A J S (Gnr)
Cummings H (Fus)
Danson R (Pte)
Edwards T J (Rfn)
Evers O C (P/O)
Franks G W (L/Cpl)
Labotske A N (Gnr)
Lindheimer W L (Pnr)
Maschit M (Pnr)
McMurrugh A (F/S)
Parkin O (Fus)
Roe J A (Gdsman)
Snowdon E T T (Lt)
Thompson A G (Cpl)
Toms R M (P/O)
Turnbull R (Pte)
Wheeler R W (Capt)
Yates P (Pte)
Last Operation information
Start Date 09-05-1945
End Date 09-05-1945
Takeoff Station Juvincourt
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Operation Exodus with 24 former PoW on board
Reason for Loss The pilot reported problems with the controls soon after takeoff and intended to return to Juvincourt. Crashed at Roye-Amy