Lundy, James Died

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Personal Information

Rank Sgt
Forename(s) James
Surname Lundy
Gender M
Age 22
Date of Death 03-10-1943
Next of Kin Son of Allan Ferguson Lundy and Helen Strain Lundy (née Boyle), of MacGregor, Manitoba.
LUNDY J

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.

IBCC Memorial Information

Map
Directions to panel 201
LUNDY J

Location

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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

Phase 2
Panel Number 201

Enlistment Information

Service Number R/187630
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 428 (Ghost)
Squadron Motto Usque ad finem (To the very end)
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
Location Allerton Park Castle, Allerton, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Metal Plaque
Memorial Text Memorial Garden dedicated to the 4272 personnel of 6 (RCAF) Gp based at Allerton Castle who gave the ultimate sacrifice during WWII to preserve our freedom
Location Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Propeller Unit & Inscribed Marble Tablets
Memorial Text Dedicated to the men & women of 6 (RCAF) Gp Bomber Command and to the 9980 Canadians lost serving in Bomber Command.

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.

The National Archives

Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/20
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/20

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.

Name Outcome
Cadeau A J (F/S) Died
Edwards F B (P/O) Died
Goldstein R P (F/O) Died
Herbert G M (F/S) Died
Hodgkins A J (Sgt) Died

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 Aircraft Loss Crashed at Hofgeismar, Germany
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Casualty Pack

IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

CPs were originally given a unique reference number by the RAF. Each begins with the letter ‘P’ and is followed by six digits, then an oblique (forward slash) and the finally the year in which the incident took place- for example P396154/42.

The CPs are in the process of being made available to the general public as they are passed from the MOD Records Office, Portsmouth to National Archives, Kew. This process requires some rework to the files which is very time consuming, so the process of making them all available to National Archives will take several years. They are being made available in increasing date order.

Once CPs arrive at National Archives they are assigned a unique AIR81 number, so each CP has both a P-number and an AIR81 number. Both are searchable on the National Archives website under ‘Search the catalogue’ and both are included on the IBCC website.

The AIR81 reference on the IBCC website is a link to the file on the National Archives website. When you click on it, the relevant page will open in a new tab on your browser.

There is currently no plan to digitise AIR81 files, partly because they are fragile and partly because the information they contain can at times be sensitive, even harrowing, since they may contain exhumation reports and even photographs of corpses. Family members wishing to read the AIR81 files relating to their ancestors are advised to exercise caution and be guided by National Archives warnings where appropriate.

There are two means for accessing AIR81 files- to attend in person or to order a copy by post.

To attend in person, the attendee should first create a Reader’s Ticket. This can be done online by following this link: https://secure.nationalarchives.gov.uk/login/yourdetails. Then click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and click Order in Advance. Enter your Reader’s Ticket number and state the date on which you intend to visit. National Archives will have the file ready for you when you arrive, saving you time. When you visit Kew, you must quote the Reader’s Ticket number and take along two forms of ID- one bearing your signature and one bearing your address. When you view the files, you are permitted to take photographs of each page, should you wish.

Alternatively, if you wish to order a copy by post, please be aware that there is a charge for this service based on the number of pages in the file. Click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and then click Request a Copy. There is an £8.40 charge for National Archives staff to access the file and give you a quotation for the copying service. The process takes around 24 days to complete and can be expensive.

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