Sylvah, Claude Michael
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Claude Michael |
Surname | Sylvah |
Gender | M |
Age | 33 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas Henry and Anna Bernadette Sylvah, of Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND587 |
Markings | LQ-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Chièvres Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 33. |
Epitaph | MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 250 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/85382 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Rue de Brigaude, Gallaix, Hainaut Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Inscribed marble memorial stone |
Memorial Text | Le 9 mai 1944, le Lancaster LQ-D ND587 du RCAF 405 Pathfinder s’est ecrase dans ce champ. Matt Buckley Flt/Sgt RAF, Bill Chase Flt/Lt RAAF, Ron Daniels Flt/Sgt RAF, J.T. Gill Flt/Sgt RAF, Winston Knupp Flt/Lt RCAF, William Sinclair Flt/Lt RAF, Claude Sylv |
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-05-1944 |
End Date | 09-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Haine St Pierre- to attack railway installations. 123 aircraft, 9 losses (7.3%). severe damage to half of the railway yards and engine sheds |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter on return leg and crashed at Maulde, near Gallaix, east of Tournai, Belgium |