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LOCKETT, James

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) James Ernest
Surname Lockett
Gender M
Age 21
Decorations
Date of death 18-07-1944
Next of kin Son of Ernest and Ada Lockett, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Nancy Lockett, of Toronto.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ628
Markings SE-Y
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Creil Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot 1. Grave 387..
Epitaph THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 200
Enlistment information
Service Number J/94346
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 431 (Iroquois)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Abbott W (P/O)
Alp P L (P/O)
Blasko J A (P/O)
Bull C G (S/L)
Heald R (F/O)
Mitchell F E (F/O)
Robin L (P/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 18-07-1944
End Date 18-07-1944
Takeoff Station Croft
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Vaires- to attack railway yards. 110 aircraft- no report is available on the bombing results. Two aircraft lost.
Reason for Loss Crashed SW of Cramoisy, west of Creil, France