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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 98

A Second War Casualty Group of Five to Lancaster Navigator, Flying Officer R.E. Haddock, Royal Canadian Air Force, Who Flew in 34 Operational Sorties, Including The First 'Thousand Bomber Raids' to Cologne and Essen, Before Being Killed in Action On the Raid to Mailly-le-Camp, 3/4.5.1944
1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with Bar; War Medal, very fine, with the recipient's Royal Canadian Air Force Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book (16.1.1941-3.5.1944), stamped 'Death Presumed. Central Depository Aug 1947 Royal Air Force' (lot)

135016 Flying Officer Robert Edward Haddock, initially served as an L.A.C. in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second War; trained as a Navigator at No.5 A.O.S., Winnipeg, from January 1941 and as a Bomb Aimer and Air Gunner at No.3 B. & G.S., Macdonald Man, from March 1941; moved to the UK, and was posted for operational flying as a Navigator to 49 Squadron (Hampdens), Scampton, November 1941; he flew in 31 operational sorties with the squadron including: Cherbourg; Essen (5); Lorient (2); Emden; Hamburg (4); Wilhelmshaven (2); Huls; Leeuwarden; Brest (5); Mannheim; Renault; Heligoland Bay; Lubeck and Dortmund (2); having completed his first tour of operational flying he transferred to No.14 O.T.U., Cottesmore, May 1942; whilst serving with the latter he volunteered and took part in the first 'Thousand Bomber Raids' to Cologne, 30.5.1942, and Essen, 1.6.1942; posted to No.26 O.T.U., November 1943; converted to Lancasters at 1653 C.U., before returning to operational flying with 625 Squadron (Lancasters), Kelstern, April 1944; after flying in three aborted operations he took part in the raid on Mailly-le-Camp, 3/4.5.1944, with Warrant Officer C.D.A. Short as his pilot, they 'T/o 2202 Kelstern to attack the military camp. Shot down on the bombing run, crashing at Poivres (Aube), 20 km NNE of Arcis-sur-Aube' (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, refers); the crew of seven were all killed, and are all buried in Poivres Churchyard.


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