F/L Gordon Campbell Nicol DFC RCAF and crew – 103 Squadron – 1945 - J22881
Gordon C Nicol RCAF and crew were posted to 103 Squadron at RAF Elsham Wolds on a date not recorded in the ORB.
The crew mainly consisted of :-
F/L G C Nicol RCAF
Sgt A Riddoch
F/S N K Taylor RCAF
F/S I J Anderson RCAF
F/S D Strickland
F/S O Vermeulen RCAF
F/S J B McPherson RCAF
Nicol and his crew flew the following operations :-
02-Mar-45 - Cologne - Army support - Lancaster - JA857 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
05-Mar-45 - Chemnitz - Operation Thunderclap - Lancaster - NG173 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
07-Mar-45 - Dessau - Point of Aim - Lancaster - NG173 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
08-Mar-45 - Kassel - Point of Aim - Lancaster - RA566 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
11-Mar-45 - Essen - Point of Aim - Lancaster - RA566 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
12-Mar-45 - Dortmund - Point of Aim - Lancaster - RA566 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
13-Mar-45 - Herne - Benzol - Lancaster - RA528 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
15-Mar-45 - Misburg - Oil - Lancaster - ME698 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
16-Mar-45 - Nuremberg - Point of Aim - Lancaster - RA566 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
22-Mar-45 - Hildesheim - Railway yards - Lancaster - RA528 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
25-Mar-45 - Hannover - Army support - Lancaster - PA303 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
27-Mar-45 - Paderborn - Army support - Lancaster - LM177 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
31-Mar-45 - Hamburg - Shipyards - Lancaster - ME847 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
04-Apr-45 - Lutzkendorf - Oil - Lancaster - ME551 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
13-Apr-45 - Kiel Bay - Mine laying - Lancaster - PA278 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
18-Apr-45 - Heligoland - Naval base and airfield - Lancaster - PD198 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
22-Apr-45 - Bremen - Army support - Lancaster - PD198 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
25-Apr-45 - Berchtesgaden - Hitler's chalet and SS barracks - Lancaster - PD198 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
28-Apr-45 - Brussels - Operation Exodus - Lancaster - PD198 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF - Recalled to base because of bad weather at Brussels.
30-Apr-45 - Leiden - Operation Manna - Lancaster - NG173 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
01-May-45 - Rotterdam - Operation Manna - Lancaster - PD198 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
02-May-45 - Rotterdam - Operation Manna - Lancaster - LM295 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
03-May-45 - Rotterdam - Operation Manna - Lancaster - PD198 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
07-May-45 – Rotterdam - Operation Manna - Lancaster - PD198 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
08-May-45 - Rotterdam - Operation Manna - Lancaster - PD427 - F/L GC Nicol RCAF
Nicol was awarded a DFC post war,
He passed away in 2000 and is buried at Rosemount Memorial Gardens, Springville, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.
Nicol grave
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Odeil Vermeulen RCAF
Air Gunner from Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada. His brother also served in the RCAF
- Compiled by David Fell. Photos from Find a Grave and my own archive
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