Awarded the Air Gunner Badge on January 31, 1942.
Assigned to the 75 Squadron on August 17, 1942.
Awarded the Operational Wings.
Wellington III DF673 AA returned from a mission to Nuremberg, Germany. In the region of Stekene, Belgium it came under attack of a German night fighter. (I don't know who claimed this aircraft.) The bomber caught fire and crashed at Pereboomsgat, Belgium. The crew tried to bail out at low altitude. There were no survivors.
Pilot VICKERS (R.A.F.V.R.), Pilot DAVIS (R.A.F.V.R.), Air Gunner HILTZ (R.C.A.F.), Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner MCKAY (R.C.A.F.) and Observer BAITTLE (R.C.A.F.)
This page is still under construction.
Portrait: Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
Info from War Diary and Service Records: LAC (Library Archive Canada).
Photographs Regimental patch: ??.
Photograph headstone: Michael van de Velde.
