The Crew of : jd175

Pilot: W/O Claude Maurice Colburn (CWGC Page) KIA Aged 22
Sgt Frederick Oakley (CWGC Page) Flight Engineer KIA Aged 22
Sgt Allison Roy Lutes (CWGC Page) Navigator RCAF KIA Aged 19
Sgt Zenon Yonker (CWGC Page) RCAF KIA
Sgt Arthur Slack (CWGC Page) Wirewless Operator KIA Aged 22
Sgt William Valentine Gerrard (CWGC Page) Gunner KIA Aged 21
Sgt William Robinson (CWGC Page) Gunner KIA Aged 26

JD175 WAS airborne at 23. 32 13th Jul 1943 from Breighton.
Cause of loss not established. Crashed near Cologne, where it is probable they were originally buried.

Six are now buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, but Sgt Yonker RCXAF has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. He came from winnipeg where his father, Dr Herbert L.Yonker MD, had a medical practice.