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F/Sgt. Earl Clarence Bray
Royal Canadian Air Force 218 Sqdn.
from:Ontario
(d.30th July 1943)
A Sterling III of 218 Squadron was first hit by flak over its target and soon afterwards was attacked and shot down by a night-fighter (Uffz Walter Rohlfing). The aircraft crashed at 01.45 at Ahrenswohlde 17 km SW of Buxtehude. Two members of the crew died and are buried in Becklingen War Cemetery. They were:
R. S. Pickard (pilot)
Sgt E. C. Bray RCAF
Four members of the crew became POWs in Stalag 4B: