RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Russell, William McFarlane

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Russell
  • FORENAME
William McFarlane
  • UNIT
138 Squadron (R.A.F.O.)
  • RANK
Wing Commander
  • NUMBER
70594
  • DATE OF DEATH
8th May 1944
  • AGE
35
  • GRAVESITE
Le Mans West Cemetery,France Plot 21 Row C Coll. grave 7-11
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
son of John and Jean Russell
husband of Mary Brockhurst Russell,Royal Oak,British Columbia,Canada
award D.F.C. as FLt 50 Squadron 1941
award bar to D.F.C. as WCdr 50 Squadron 1943
pilot
SOE Op.Citronell 1,France
Halifax LL280
shot down by nightfighter and crashed St-Denis-de-Orques,Sarthe,France
 
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