AN AIRCREW EUROPE "HALIFAX' (WOP/AG) CASUALTY TRIO
To:
1345933. Sgt J.F. BARRON. R.A.F. (VR) 433 (R.C.A.F.) "PORCUPINE" SQD.

KILLED IN ACTION 18th April 1944

Shot down by flak over the target while bombing Noisy-le-Sec Railway Marshalling Yards near Paris, France.

John Faulds Barron was a 25 year old Wireless Operator / Air Gunner from Scotland.

1939-1945 Star
Aircrew Europe Star
War Medal 1939-1945
With original addressed box of issue.

[THE NOISY-LE-SEC RAID, Tues-Wed, 18/19th APRIL 1944]
The Attack on the Railway Installations & Marshalling Yards.

112 Halifax, 61 Avro Lancaster and 8 Mosquitos took part in the raid. The Hangar and the workshops at Noisy-le-Sec suffered major damage with nearly 200 time delay bombs continuing to explode in the week following the raid. A direct railway line was re-established fairly quickly but the rail yard was not completely repaired until a few years later.
- 750 houses were destroyed, 2000 damaged.
- 464 civilian casualties killed, 370 wounded.
The area damaged by the raid extended over 5 miles long and 2 miles wide.

[RAF SKIPTON-ON-SWALE DURING WW2]

The aircraft lost on operation to Noisy-le-Sec, France was a Halifax III. Serial: HX287. BM-U trom RAF Skipton-on-Swale of 433 (Porcupine) Squadron R.C.A.F.









[THE CREW CASUALTY LIST]




Pilot: Fl/Sgt. William J. D. Sturmy J/85870 RCAF Age 27. Killed
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Leonard Morgan 1801125 RAFVR Age ? Killed
Nav: P/O. Glenford Herbert Taylor J/86442 RCAF Age 25. Killed
Air/Bmr: F/O. Arthur R. Thrasher J/25068 RCAF Age 26. Killed
WOP/AG : Sgt. John F. Barron 1345933 RAFVR Age 25. Killed
Air/Gnr: P/O. Irvin Neil McInnis J/91047 RCAF Age 21. Killed
Air/Gnr: P/O. Sidney W Follows J/89123 RCAF Age 19. Killed


JOHN F. BARRON rests with eternal honour at CLICHY NORTHERN CEMETERY.PARIS. His grave inscription reads:
"PLEASANT THOUGHTS OF ONE SO DEAR
ARE OFT RECALLED WITH A SILENT TEAR"


He was the son of John Faulds Barron Senior & Christina Barron of 19 Albany Avenue, Springboig, Glasgow. E.2.

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
'Lest We Forget'








An excellent "Halifax" group to an RAF man with service with the Canadian Air Force in WW2

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