
F/Sgt W. Olmsted RCAF
of 428 Squadron.
F/Sgt Olmsted was the Rear Gunner with the Lillico crew, who flew
Halifax II JN-973 coded NA-U, which
failed to
return from a mining operation to Kiel Bay on April 17/18, 1944. The
entire crew was lost
without a trace.
The other crewmembers were:
P/O G. Lillico, RCAF
Pilot
Sgt. J. Doyle, RAF
Flt/Engineer
P/O W. Johnson, RCAF
Navigator
P/O T. Zbytnuik, RCAF
Bomb
Aimer
F/O J. Westlake, RCAF
Wireless Op
P/O J. Manson, RCAF
Mid-upper
Gunner
Photo graciously suppled by Grant
Olmsted, nephew of F/Sgt Olmsted.
