Doe, James Harrington
Personal Information
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | L7576 |
Markings | GI-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 245. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 156 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/29847 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 622 |
Squadron Motto | Bellamus noctu (We wage war by night) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Succeeded in escaping the aircraft and parachuted to safety only to be betrayed by a local women, whereafter he was sent to Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp where he was executed by hanging on 31 July 1944 and his body cremated. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2138/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2138/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1944 |
End Date | 29-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 496 aircraft in the third raid in this series. Night-fighters intercepted the bomber stream over France on the outbound leg and in bright moonlit conditions, leading to 39 Lancasters being shot down (7.9%). |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Petitmont, west of Strasbourg, France |