CREW: Geoffrey Charles Bucknell, Leonard Barlow, Leslie Bernard Daitz, Ronald McAllister, Rodney James, George Clifford Dyke, Leslie Desmond Farmer
97 Squadron Aircrew after Bourn - CONINGSBY
CAPTAIN: BUCKNELL
LANCASTER ND840 OF-J
Shot down 6th August 1944, entire crew killed except for Rodney James (see below)
CREW
Pilot: Geoffrey Charles Bucknell
F/E: Leonard Barlow
Nav: Leslie Bernard Daitz
AB: Ronald McAllister
Vis A/B: Rodney James
W/op: George Clifford Dyke
MU/G: Leslie Desmond Farmer
For the Rodney James Website page on this crew, see http://www.10697sqn.com/Web%20Page%20Last%20Mission.htm
LANCASTER ND840 OF-J
Shot down 6th August 1944, entire crew killed except for Rodney James (see below)
CREW
Pilot: Geoffrey Charles Bucknell
F/E: Leonard Barlow
Nav: Leslie Bernard Daitz
AB: Ronald McAllister
Vis A/B: Rodney James
W/op: George Clifford Dyke
MU/G: Leslie Desmond Farmer
For the Rodney James Website page on this crew, see http://www.10697sqn.com/Web%20Page%20Last%20Mission.htm
Rodney James
James was the sole survivor of the shooting down. He managed to get back to England after some amazing adventures. To see his escape and evasion report on the website set up by his son Christopher James, follow this link:
http://www.10697sqn.com/Bois%20de%20Cassan%20orb%201944.html
James was the sole survivor of the shooting down. He managed to get back to England after some amazing adventures. To see his escape and evasion report on the website set up by his son Christopher James, follow this link:
http://www.10697sqn.com/Bois%20de%20Cassan%20orb%201944.html
