"THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE PEACE OF GOD BE WITH HIM FOR EVERMORE"
Service number before becoming an Officer R/142469.
On the night of 12th/13th May 1944, Lancaster KB713 VR-X, took off to attack Louvain (Leuven), Belgium. Nothing further was heard from this aircraft and its failure to return to base is presumed to be due to enemy action. This aircraft was airborne at 2200 hrs and its estimated time of return is 0240 hrs. The names of the missing crew are as follows:
Flying Officer Robert Roy CAMPBELL J/22573 (Navigator) Royal Canadian Air Force.
Sergeant John Robert CARRUTHERS 1590317 (Flight Engineer) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Pilot Officer Peter DEWAR J/88395 (Air Bomber) Royal Canadian Air Force.
Pilot Officer Burdel Frank EDWARDS J/24243 (Pilot) Royal Canadian Air Force.
Pilot Officer Harold Engma ODDAN J/38163 (Rear Air Gunner) Royal Canadian Air Force.
Pilot Officer Roy Stanley SMITH J/89610 (Wireless Operator) Royal Canadian Air Force. (Koksijde, Belgium)
Pilot Officer Joseph Alexander WEBBER J/38164 (Air Gunner) Royal Canadian Air Force.
1 Brother in the Army overseas. Pilot Officer Alexander Grant (J/85824) Navigator 576 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Killed in action on April 11, 1944. Now buried at Cambrai Communal Cemetery, France (Plot 1, Row A, Grave 14).
Lancaster I – LL830 UL-R2 took off for a mission to Aulnoye-Aymeries, France. Entire crew was killed.
Flight Lieutenant Frank Sharpe BARNSDALE 155493 (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Pilot Officer Alexander Grant CAMPBELL J/85824 (Navigator) Royal Canadian Air Force.
Sergeant Clifford CLAMP 1509139 (Air Gunner) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Flight Sergeant Ernest Charles EDWARDS 1321526 (Air Bomber) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Sergeant Grenville Malcombe MORRIS 1583482 (Air Gunner) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Sergeant James TORODE 1253971 (Flight Engineer) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Sergeant Kevin Joseph WILLETT 1575690 (Wireless Operator) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
