Lundy, James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | James |
Surname | Lundy |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Allan Ferguson Lundy and Helen Strain Lundy (née Boyle), of MacGregor, Manitoba. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | EB213 |
Markings | NA-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. C. 3. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 201 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/187630 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Miscellaneous Information
James was born on 30 December 1920 at MacGregor, Manitoba. His father was born at Chatham, Ontario and worked in farming (died 1935), and his mother was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He had brothers John, Wilfred and Robert and sisters Mary, who was married and Janet Anne, aged eight years. The schools he attended were S.S.No.11, Chatham & Dover, Ontario, 1927-1935, Chatham Vocational October-December 1937 and again between January-March 1938. He took night classes in Carpentry and cabinet making. His sport interests were softball, skating, swimming and boating. James worked in farming for Ingram Grain at Turnerville, Ontario, 1935-1939 also carrying out odd jobs on farms between 1935-1942. From April -June 1942, until enlisting, he was also farming for John Coulter at Dover Centre. |
He enlisted on 8 September 1942 and after training was posted to the U.K. He embarked from Halifax on 16 June 1943, arriving at 3PRC on 24 June before continuing to 1664 CU on 6 July 1943 and then 428 Squadron on 15 August 1943. James then sadly lost his life on 3 October 1943. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-10-1943 |
End Date | 04-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (21% moon) |
Operation | Kassel. 547 aircraft, 24 losses (4.4%). H2S blind marking aircraft overshot the aiming point badly and the visual markers could not compensate due to thick haze. Decoy fires were probably also used by the Germans. The Henschel and Fieseler aircraft factories were hit and the suburb of Wolfshanger was devastated, in part due to an ammunition dump being hit. 118 deaths on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Hofgeismar, Germany |